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Lakewood city, Cuyahoga County, OH

50,007 Population
5.5 square miles 9,022.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cuyahoga County: 40.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,111 ±$2,177 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cuyahoga County: $42,747 ±$403
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,954 ±$3,495 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cuyahoga County: $64,468 ±$702
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±1.6% (5,095  ±815) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cuyahoga County: 16.1% 196,342 (±0.4% / ±5,333)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±0.8 (543,005  ±28,853) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cuyahoga County: 23.3 11,696,165 (±0.2 / ±158,136)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,876 ±558 Number of households
  • Cuyahoga County: 554,551 ±1,919
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0 (49,635  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cuyahoga County: 2.2 1,218,751 (±0 / ±388)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±0.8% (450  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cuyahoga County: 5.1% 14,526 (±0.3% / ±859)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

29,105 ±586 Number of housing units
  • Cuyahoga County: 615,331 ±252
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$262,200 ±$7,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cuyahoga County: $195,400 ±$1,919
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.1% ±1.9% (9,969  ±953.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cuyahoga County: 13.3% 163,588 (±0.4% / ±5,260.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±2.9% (36,656  ±1,267.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cuyahoga County: 91.5% 812,854 (±0.8% / ±6,716.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
55.3% ±2.2% (21,184  ±897.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cuyahoga County: 36.6% 324,673 (±0.5% / ±4,085.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.1% ±1.6% (4,046  ±780) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Cuyahoga County: 7.7% 95,730
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±0.9% (2,061  ±388) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cuyahoga County: 5.5% 54,264 (±0.2% / ±1,607)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,061 Total veterans ±388 1,895 Male ±394 166 Female ±79

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