Lakeside vs Westlake

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

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

Westlake has the higher population (1,543 vs 1,495 in Lakeside). Westlake has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $108,214 in Lakeside). Westlake has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $320,200 in Lakeside).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Westlake
Population	1,495	1,543
Median age	45.5 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,214	$250,001
Median home value	$320,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,609	$3,501
Housing units	596	510
Homeownership rate	92.0%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Westlake
Population	1,616 → 1,495 (-7.5%)	983 → 1,543 (+57.0%)
Median household income	$84,250 → $108,214 (+28.4%)	$227,083 → $250,001 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$176,300 → $320,200 (+81.6%)	$1,741,800 → $2,000,001 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,609 (+26.2%)	$1,079 → $3,501 (+224.5%)

Lakeside

Population

1,6161,495

Median household income

$84,250$108,214

Median home value

$176,300$320,200

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,609

Westlake

Population

9831,543

Median household income

$227,083$250,001

Median home value

$1,741,800$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,079$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Westlake
Under 5	5.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	26.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	0.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	20.7%
55 to 64	17.9%	21.1%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.0%
75 and over	6.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Westlake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	74.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Westlake
No high school diploma	5.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	27.4%	5.9%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	46.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Westlake
Drove alone	65.4%	51.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.8%	42.8%
Other means	3.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Westlake
1-unit, detached	99.7%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
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	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Westlake
Poverty rate	7.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.70	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1969	2010