Lakeside vs Short Pump

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

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

Short Pump has the higher population (28,177 vs 12,845 in Lakeside). Short Pump has the higher median household income ($132,194 vs $69,695 in Lakeside). Short Pump has the higher median home value ($543,000 vs $271,400 in Lakeside).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Short Pump
Population	12,845	28,177
Median age	35.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,695	$132,194
Median home value	$271,400	$543,000
Median gross rent	$1,330	$1,804
Housing units	5,824	11,681
Homeownership rate	62.2%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Short Pump
Population	12,374 → 12,845 (+3.8%)	28,328 → 28,177 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$56,131 → $69,695 (+24.2%)	$107,321 → $132,194 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$186,100 → $271,400 (+45.8%)	$413,900 → $543,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,330 (+31.4%)	$1,434 → $1,804 (+25.8%)

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

Short Pump

Population

28,32828,177

Median household income

$107,321$132,194

Median home value

$413,900$543,000

Median gross rent

$1,434$1,804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Short Pump
Under 5	5.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	20.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.5%
75 and over	4.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Short Pump
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	58.1%
Black or African American	18.9%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	26.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Short Pump
No high school diploma	9.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	23.7%	7.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	36.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Short Pump
Drove alone	72.8%	66.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.1%	24.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Short Pump
1-unit, detached	74.3%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	21.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Short Pump
Poverty rate	11.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1954	1998