Lake Shore vs West Mountain

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

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

West Mountain has the higher population (1,371 vs 1,242 in Lake Shore). West Mountain has the higher median household income ($107,222 vs $97,357 in Lake Shore). Lake Shore has the higher median home value ($671,400 vs $639,300 in West Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Shore	West Mountain
Population	1,242	1,371
Median age	18.8 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$97,357	$107,222
Median home value	$671,400	$639,300
Median gross rent	$1,119	—
Housing units	287	383
Homeownership rate	71.4%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.0%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Shore	West Mountain
Population	704 → 1,242 (+76.4%)	1,233 → 1,371 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$70,714 → $97,357 (+37.7%)	$83,125 → $107,222 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$370,000 → $671,400 (+81.5%)	$478,000 → $639,300 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,119 (+15.7%)	—

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

West Mountain

Population

1,2331,371

Median household income

$83,125$107,222

Median home value

$478,000$639,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Shore	West Mountain
Under 5	5.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	41.9%	27.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	11.9%
25 to 34	6.0%	4.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	17.6%
45 to 54	20.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	6.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	1.9%	4.8%
75 and over	1.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Shore	West Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Shore	West Mountain
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	15.4%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Shore	West Mountain
Drove alone	67.0%	78.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	17.2%
Other means	6.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Shore	West Mountain
1-unit, detached	93.7%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Shore	West Mountain
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.6%
Average household size	4.29	3.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1996	1980