Lakeside vs Montrose

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

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

Lakeside has the higher population (12,845 vs 8,624 in Montrose). Lakeside has the higher median household income ($69,695 vs $45,063 in Montrose). Lakeside has the higher median home value ($271,400 vs $170,000 in Montrose).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Montrose
Population	12,845	8,624
Median age	35.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,695	$45,063
Median home value	$271,400	$170,000
Median gross rent	$1,330	$1,260
Housing units	5,824	3,892
Homeownership rate	62.2%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Montrose
Population	12,374 → 12,845 (+3.8%)	7,541 → 8,624 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$56,131 → $69,695 (+24.2%)	$36,379 → $45,063 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$186,100 → $271,400 (+45.8%)	$116,000 → $170,000 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,330 (+31.4%)	$1,024 → $1,260 (+23.0%)

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

Montrose

Population

7,5418,624

Median household income

$36,379$45,063

Median home value

$116,000$170,000

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Montrose
Under 5	5.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	20.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.0%
75 and over	4.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	21.2%
Black or African American	18.9%	69.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Montrose
No high school diploma	9.6%	16.2%
High school graduate	23.7%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Montrose
Drove alone	72.8%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Montrose
1-unit, detached	74.3%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	23.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Montrose
Poverty rate	11.8%	25.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1954	1974