Highland Springs vs Lakeside

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

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

Highland Springs has the higher population (15,091 vs 12,845 in Lakeside). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($69,695 vs $56,931 in Highland Springs). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($271,400 vs $206,300 in Highland Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Springs	Lakeside
Population	15,091	12,845
Median age	36.5 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,931	$69,695
Median home value	$206,300	$271,400
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,330
Housing units	6,480	5,824
Homeownership rate	61.8%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Springs	Lakeside
Population	16,459 → 15,091 (-8.3%)	12,374 → 12,845 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$48,886 → $56,931 (+16.5%)	$56,131 → $69,695 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $206,300 (+41.5%)	$186,100 → $271,400 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,234 (+16.1%)	$1,012 → $1,330 (+31.4%)

Highland Springs

Population

16,45915,091

Median household income

$48,886$56,931

Median home value

$145,800$206,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,234

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)

	Highland Springs	Lakeside
Under 5	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	20.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.7%
75 and over	5.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Springs	Lakeside
White (non-Hispanic)	20.6%	60.0%
Black or African American	72.5%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Springs	Lakeside
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	40.5%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Springs	Lakeside
Drove alone	73.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.9%	20.1%
Other means	2.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Springs	Lakeside
1-unit, detached	76.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	13.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Springs	Lakeside
Poverty rate	16.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1978	1954