Lakeside vs Saunders Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeside and Saunders Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakeside has the higher population (1,839 vs 1,495 in Saunders Lake). Saunders Lake has the higher median household income ($87,750 vs $57,829 in Lakeside). Saunders Lake has the higher median home value ($396,500 vs $274,000 in Lakeside).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Saunders Lake
Population	1,839	1,495
Median age	62.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,829	$87,750
Median home value	$274,000	$396,500
Median gross rent	$947	$1,367
Housing units	1,083	635
Homeownership rate	83.8%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Saunders Lake
Population	1,765 → 1,839 (+4.2%)	1,469 → 1,495 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $57,829 (+38.1%)	—
Median home value	$181,000 → $274,000 (+51.4%)	$329,300 → $396,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $947 (+29.4%)	$1,324 → $1,367 (+3.2%)

Lakeside

Population

1,7651,839

Median household income

$41,875$57,829

Median home value

$181,000$274,000

Median gross rent

$732$947

Saunders Lake

Population

1,4691,495

Median home value

$329,300$396,500

Median gross rent

$1,324$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Saunders Lake
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	29.0%
18 to 24	2.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	7.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	6.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	23.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	22.7%	17.5%
75 and over	17.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Saunders Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Saunders Lake
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	38.8%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Saunders Lake
Drove alone	69.6%	90.2%
Carpooled	11.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Saunders Lake
1-unit, detached	70.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Saunders Lake
Poverty rate	14.6%	10.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1989	1979