Elk Ridge vs Lake Shore

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Ridge and Lake Shore: population, income, housing, and more.

Elk Ridge and Lake Shore are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elk Ridge has the higher population (4,782 vs 1,242 in Lake Shore). Elk Ridge has the higher median household income ($138,587 vs $97,357 in Lake Shore). Lake Shore has the higher median home value ($671,400 vs $565,200 in Elk Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Ridge	Lake Shore
Population	4,782	1,242
Median age	31.0 yrs	18.8 yrs
Median household income	$138,587	$97,357
Median home value	$565,200	$671,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,119
Housing units	1,303	287
Homeownership rate	99.6%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Ridge	Lake Shore
Population	3,737 → 4,782 (+28.0%)	704 → 1,242 (+76.4%)
Median household income	$100,391 → $138,587 (+38.0%)	$70,714 → $97,357 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$356,300 → $565,200 (+58.6%)	$370,000 → $671,400 (+81.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,472 (-4.2%)	$967 → $1,119 (+15.7%)

Elk Ridge

Population

3,7374,782

Median household income

$100,391$138,587

Median home value

$356,300$565,200

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,472

Lake Shore

Population

7041,242

Median household income

$70,714$97,357

Median home value

$370,000$671,400

Median gross rent

$967$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Ridge	Lake Shore
Under 5	11.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	27.0%	41.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	20.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	6.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	1.9%
75 and over	3.9%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Ridge	Lake Shore
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Ridge	Lake Shore
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	18.1%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Ridge	Lake Shore
Drove alone	71.2%	67.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	15.7%
Other means	2.1%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Ridge	Lake Shore
1-unit, detached	93.0%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Elk Ridge	Lake Shore
Poverty rate	2.2%	0.0%
Average household size	3.75	4.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	2011	1996