East Highland Park vs Lakeside

A side-by-side comparison of East Highland Park and Lakeside: population, income, housing, and more.

East Highland Park and Lakeside are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Highland Park has the higher population (16,071 vs 12,845 in Lakeside). East Highland Park has the higher median household income ($69,750 vs $69,695 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($271,400 vs $210,500 in East Highland Park).

Population, income & housing

	East Highland Park	Lakeside
Population	16,071	12,845
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,750	$69,695
Median home value	$210,500	$271,400
Median gross rent	$1,238	$1,330
Housing units	6,955	5,824
Homeownership rate	67.0%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Highland Park	Lakeside
Population	15,498 → 16,071 (+3.7%)	12,374 → 12,845 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$52,286 → $69,750 (+33.4%)	$56,131 → $69,695 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $210,500 (+39.7%)	$186,100 → $271,400 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,053 → $1,238 (+17.6%)	$1,012 → $1,330 (+31.4%)

East Highland Park

Population

15,49816,071

Median household income

$52,286$69,750

Median home value

$150,700$210,500

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,238

Lakeside

Population

12,37412,845

Median household income

$56,131$69,695

Median home value

$186,100$271,400

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,330

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Highland Park	Lakeside
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	20.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.7%
75 and over	5.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Highland Park	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	7.9%	60.0%
Black or African American	87.2%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Highland Park	Lakeside
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Highland Park	Lakeside
Drove alone	73.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	4.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.9%	20.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Highland Park	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	76.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	13.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Highland Park	Lakeside
Poverty rate	12.1%	11.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1977	1954