Lakewood Park vs New Union

A side-by-side comparison of Lakewood Park and New Union: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakewood Park and New Union are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Union has the higher population (2,208 vs 1,016 in Lakewood Park). New Union has the higher median household income ($78,343 vs $39,167 in Lakewood Park). Since 2019, New Union's population has grown faster (+72.1% vs +27.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood Park	New Union
Population	1,016	2,208
Median age	54.4 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,167	$78,343
Median home value	—	$295,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,574
Housing units	678	877
Homeownership rate	80.2%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood Park	New Union
Population	795 → 1,016 (+27.8%)	1,283 → 2,208 (+72.1%)
Median household income	$29,455 → $39,167 (+33.0%)	$65,725 → $78,343 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$51,300 → $127,000 (+147.6%)	$166,300 → $295,100 (+77.5%)

Lakewood Park

Population

7951,016

Median household income

$29,455$39,167

Median home value

$51,300$127,000

New Union

Population

1,2832,208

Median household income

$65,725$78,343

Median home value

$166,300$295,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood Park	New Union
Under 5	5.3%	8.3%
5 to 17	6.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	25.5%	17.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	10.4%
75 and over	5.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood Park	New Union
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood Park	New Union
No high school diploma	30.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood Park	New Union
Drove alone	75.3%	74.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood Park	New Union
1-unit, detached	40.7%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood Park	New Union
Poverty rate	41.4%	0.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	39	27
Median year structure built	2002	1993