Lakewood vs South Hill

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

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

South Hill has the higher population (68,161 vs 63,034 in Lakewood). South Hill has the higher median household income ($109,235 vs $70,524 in Lakewood). South Hill has the higher median home value ($493,800 vs $420,500 in Lakewood).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	South Hill
Population	63,034	68,161
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,524	$109,235
Median home value	$420,500	$493,800
Median gross rent	$1,460	$1,916
Housing units	28,010	23,398
Homeownership rate	44.8%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	South Hill
Population	60,111 → 63,034 (+4.9%)	60,172 → 68,161 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$51,972 → $70,524 (+35.7%)	$86,568 → $109,235 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$269,200 → $420,500 (+56.2%)	$303,100 → $493,800 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,460 (+41.2%)	$1,536 → $1,916 (+24.7%)

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

South Hill

Population

60,17268,161

Median household income

$86,568$109,235

Median home value

$303,100$493,800

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	South Hill
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	22.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.3%
75 and over	6.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	South Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	61.9%
Black or African American	12.7%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	7.2%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.7%	0.7%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	10.8%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	South Hill
No high school diploma	12.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	25.4%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	South Hill
Drove alone	74.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.5%
Public transit	3.1%	1.6%
Walked	1.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	13.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	South Hill
1-unit, detached	44.0%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	22.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	10.4%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	South Hill
Poverty rate	13.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1974	1997