Lakeside vs Myrtle Point

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeside and Myrtle Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakeside and Myrtle Point are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Myrtle Point has the higher population (2,689 vs 1,839 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($57,829 vs $42,357 in Myrtle Point). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($274,000 vs $239,700 in Myrtle Point).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Myrtle Point
Population	1,839	2,689
Median age	62.7 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,829	$42,357
Median home value	$274,000	$239,700
Median gross rent	$947	$710
Housing units	1,083	1,352
Homeownership rate	83.8%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Myrtle Point
Population	1,765 → 1,839 (+4.2%)	2,517 → 2,689 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $57,829 (+38.1%)	$34,866 → $42,357 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$181,000 → $274,000 (+51.4%)	$143,400 → $239,700 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $947 (+29.4%)	$549 → $710 (+29.3%)

Lakeside

Population

1,7651,839

Median household income

$41,875$57,829

Median home value

$181,000$274,000

Median gross rent

$732$947

Myrtle Point

Population

2,5172,689

Median household income

$34,866$42,357

Median home value

$143,400$239,700

Median gross rent

$549$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Myrtle Point
Under 5	2.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	8.5%	12.3%
18 to 24	2.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	8.4%
45 to 54	6.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	23.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	22.7%	12.6%
75 and over	17.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Myrtle Point
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	7.7%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Myrtle Point
No high school diploma	7.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	38.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Myrtle Point
Drove alone	69.6%	70.2%
Carpooled	11.4%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	14.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Myrtle Point
1-unit, detached	70.1%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Myrtle Point
Poverty rate	14.6%	22.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1989	1955