Lakewood vs Parkland

A side-by-side comparison of Lakewood and Parkland: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakewood and Parkland are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakewood has the higher population (63,034 vs 39,174 in Parkland). Parkland has the higher median household income ($71,829 vs $70,524 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($420,500 vs $382,700 in Parkland).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Parkland
Population	63,034	39,174
Median age	36.3 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,524	$71,829
Median home value	$420,500	$382,700
Median gross rent	$1,460	$1,593
Housing units	28,010	15,034
Homeownership rate	44.8%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Parkland
Population	60,111 → 63,034 (+4.9%)	37,303 → 39,174 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$51,972 → $70,524 (+35.7%)	$55,346 → $71,829 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$269,200 → $420,500 (+56.2%)	$223,400 → $382,700 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,460 (+41.2%)	$1,106 → $1,593 (+44.0%)

Lakewood

Population

60,11163,034

Median household income

$51,972$70,524

Median home value

$269,200$420,500

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,460

Parkland

Population

37,30339,174

Median household income

$55,346$71,829

Median home value

$223,400$382,700

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Parkland
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	12.2%
25 to 34	17.9%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.2%
75 and over	6.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Parkland
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	47.9%
Black or African American	12.7%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	2.0%
Asian	7.2%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.7%	4.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	10.8%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Parkland
No high school diploma	12.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	25.4%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Parkland
Drove alone	74.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.5%
Public transit	3.1%	2.0%
Walked	1.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	7.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Parkland
1-unit, detached	44.0%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	22.9%	18.3%
20 or more units	10.4%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Parkland
Poverty rate	13.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1974	1980