Lakesite vs Walden

A side-by-side comparison of Lakesite and Walden: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakesite and Walden are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakesite has the higher population (2,026 vs 1,762 in Walden). Walden has the higher median household income ($135,000 vs $92,847 in Lakesite). Walden has the higher median home value ($600,900 vs $299,300 in Lakesite).

Population, income & housing

	Lakesite	Walden
Population	2,026	1,762
Median age	40.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,847	$135,000
Median home value	$299,300	$600,900
Median gross rent	$1,060	$1,514
Housing units	877	750
Homeownership rate	82.1%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakesite	Walden
Population	2,028 → 2,026 (-0.1%)	1,948 → 1,762 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$70,114 → $92,847 (+32.4%)	$100,750 → $135,000 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$215,700 → $299,300 (+38.8%)	$412,900 → $600,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $1,060 (+18.0%)	$1,175 → $1,514 (+28.9%)

Lakesite

Population

2,0282,026

Median household income

$70,114$92,847

Median home value

$215,700$299,300

Median gross rent

$898$1,060

Walden

Population

1,9481,762

Median household income

$100,750$135,000

Median home value

$412,900$600,900

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakesite	Walden
Under 5	8.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	3.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	19.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.5%
75 and over	5.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakesite	Walden
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakesite	Walden
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	24.9%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakesite	Walden
Drove alone	72.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	13.6%
Other means	4.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakesite	Walden
1-unit, detached	79.8%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakesite	Walden
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.4%
Average household size	2.73	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1989	1982