Lakewood, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Lakewood city is a small city in California, with 80,510 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #109 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 39 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Lakewood city earn a median of $116,794 a year, 48.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 28% above the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 5.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lakewood city is valued at $774,100, 155.1% above the national figure and 31% above the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,324 a month, 65.3% above the national figure, or roughly $27,888 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 6.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is out of reach on local earnings alone and the ownership market leans on outside income, equity or dual high earners. 72% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Home values sit at 6.6× median household income, far past the 3.9× national mark, so ownership costs here are set by something other than local wages — second homes, retirees with equity, or commuters earning elsewhere.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.