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Lakewood, NY

2,975 Population
2 square miles 1,517.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 42.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$45,958 ±$8,924 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: $31,951 ±$817
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$70,962 ±$26,935 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: $56,507 ±$1,981
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

10% ±5.4% (298  ±161) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 17% 20,703 (±1.2% / ±1,460)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

19 minutes ±4.5 (22,955  ±6,733) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 19.3 951,755 (±0.6 / ±39,533)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,260 ±126 Number of households
  • the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 53,602 ±620
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.3 ±0.2 (2,888  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 2.3 121,364 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

1.8% ±2.4% (11  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 5.8% † 1,521 (±1% / ±257)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,610 ±182 Number of housing units
  • the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 66,328 ±146
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$146,300 ±$29,953 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: $119,300 ±$2,896
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

14.2% ±7% (421  ±205.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 10.4% 13,039 (±0.9% / ±1,120.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

94.3% ±10.8% (1,961  ±288.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 90% 79,651 (±1.9% / ±1,723.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
37.6% ±6.4% (781  ±150.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 25.1% 22,218 (±1.1% / ±981.8)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

2.4% ±1.5% (72  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 2.4% 3,004
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.2% ±2.5% (144  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY Micro Area: 7.6% 7,594 (±0.5% / ±517)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
144 Total veterans ±60 131 Male ±58 13 Female ±15

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