Gladewater vs Lakeport

A side-by-side comparison of Gladewater and Lakeport: population, income, housing, and more.

Gladewater and Lakeport are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gladewater has the higher population (6,297 vs 1,250 in Lakeport). Lakeport has the higher median household income ($63,929 vs $52,100 in Gladewater). Gladewater has the higher median home value ($162,400 vs $119,900 in Lakeport).

Population, income & housing

	Gladewater	Lakeport
Population	6,297	1,250
Median age	33.7 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,100	$63,929
Median home value	$162,400	$119,900
Median gross rent	$984	$1,161
Housing units	2,704	461
Homeownership rate	57.8%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladewater	Lakeport
Population	5,991 → 6,297 (+5.1%)	1,296 → 1,250 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$31,265 → $52,100 (+66.6%)	$55,216 → $63,929 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $162,400 (+81.3%)	$92,400 → $119,900 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $984 (+16.0%)	$1,053 → $1,161 (+10.3%)

Gladewater

Population

5,9916,297

Median household income

$31,265$52,100

Median home value

$89,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$848$984

Lakeport

Population

1,2961,250

Median household income

$55,216$63,929

Median home value

$92,400$119,900

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladewater	Lakeport
Under 5	9.3%	11.3%
5 to 17	21.9%	23.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.8%
75 and over	7.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladewater	Lakeport
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	22.1%
Black or African American	21.2%	47.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladewater	Lakeport
No high school diploma	17.4%	17.3%
High school graduate	33.1%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladewater	Lakeport
Drove alone	83.4%	90.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladewater	Lakeport
1-unit, detached	80.4%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Gladewater	Lakeport
Poverty rate	27.2%	20.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1974	1986