Glen Allen vs Lakeside

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

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

Glen Allen has the higher population (16,630 vs 12,845 in Lakeside). Glen Allen has the higher median household income ($96,085 vs $69,695 in Lakeside). Glen Allen has the higher median home value ($338,000 vs $271,400 in Lakeside).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Allen	Lakeside
Population	16,630	12,845
Median age	40.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,085	$69,695
Median home value	$338,000	$271,400
Median gross rent	$1,719	$1,330
Housing units	6,633	5,824
Homeownership rate	76.4%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Allen	Lakeside
Population	15,488 → 16,630 (+7.4%)	12,374 → 12,845 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$75,429 → $96,085 (+27.4%)	$56,131 → $69,695 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$241,500 → $338,000 (+40.0%)	$186,100 → $271,400 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,719 (+28.7%)	$1,012 → $1,330 (+31.4%)

Glen Allen

Population

15,48816,630

Median household income

$75,429$96,085

Median home value

$241,500$338,000

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,719

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)

	Glen Allen	Lakeside
Under 5	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	20.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.7%
75 and over	4.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Allen	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	60.0%
Black or African American	25.9%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.8%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Allen	Lakeside
No high school diploma	6.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	19.7%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Allen	Lakeside
Drove alone	68.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	23.4%	20.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Allen	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	71.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	13.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Allen	Lakeside
Poverty rate	3.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1992	1954