Lake City vs Lakeside

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

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

Lake City has the higher population (575 vs 337 in Lakeside). Lake City has the higher median household income ($60,769 vs $47,917 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($139,700 vs $85,800 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Lakeside
Population	575	337
Median age	44.2 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,769	$47,917
Median home value	$85,800	$139,700
Median gross rent	$936	$1,705
Housing units	354	204
Homeownership rate	84.0%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Lakeside
Population	545 → 575 (+5.5%)	289 → 337 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$40,855 → $60,769 (+48.7%)	$71,875 → $47,917 (-33.3%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $85,800 (+7.9%)	$118,200 → $139,700 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $936 (+61.1%)	—

Lake City

Population

545575

Median household income

$40,855$60,769

Median home value

$79,500$85,800

Median gross rent

$581$936

Lakeside

Population

289337

Median household income

$71,875$47,917

Median home value

$118,200$139,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Lakeside
Under 5	10.1%	0.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	12.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	2.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	19.9%
55 to 64	21.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	15.4%
75 and over	2.4%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	50.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	54.8%	48.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Lakeside
No high school diploma	19.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.8%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Lakeside
Drove alone	95.8%	63.6%
Carpooled	1.3%	29.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	70.6%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Lakeside
Poverty rate	17.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1981	1976