Housing density: 1,760 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $578,329.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,565 (lower quartile is $1,289, upper quartile is $1,882)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,900
Median gross rent in Lakewood, CO in 2022: $1,681
Housing units in Lakewood with a mortgage: 27,489 (4,372 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 3,719 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 408
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $122,876
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $85,040
14,284 married couples with children.
6,483 single-parent households (1,532 men, 4,951 women).
86.9% of residents of Lakewood speak English at home.
8.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 10,567 (6.8%)
(64.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 58.1% Number of people working at home: 18,986 (21.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 916
5 to 9 minutes: 4,378
10 to 14 minutes: 5,708
15 to 19 minutes: 11,960
20 to 24 minutes: 13,147
25 to 29 minutes: 4,432
30 to 34 minutes: 13,854
35 to 39 minutes: 2,646
40 to 44 minutes: 3,049
45 to 59 minutes: 4,785
60 to 89 minutes: 2,906
90 or more minutes: 949
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 57,351 (66.0%)
Carpooled: 4,940 (5.7%)
Bus: 1,497 (1.7%)
Subway or elevated rail: 83 (0.1%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 6 (0.0%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 195 (0.2%)
Taxi: 761 (0.9%)
Bicycle: 413 (0.5%)
Walked: 1,324 (1.5%)
Worked at home: 18,986 (21.9%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
4.4%Males
2.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
6.3%Males
6.9%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
4.9%Males
10.2%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
4.1%Males
3.8%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
15.9%Males
1.7%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
2.8%Males
2.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
5.8%Males
3.3%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Lakewood, Colorado
3,3412010 or later
2,1232000 to 2009
3,0361990 to 1999
2,5091980 to 1989
1,0041970 to 1979
1,831Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 9,478 (13.3%)
English: 5,692 (8.0%)
Irish: 4,561 (6.4%)
American: 4,164 (5.9%)
Italian: 3,693 (5.2%)
European: 2,461 (3.5%)
Polish: 1,254 (1.8%)
Norwegian: 1,246 (1.8%)
Scottish: 1,191 (1.7%)
Dutch: 797 (1.1%)
French: 691 (1.0%)
Scotch-Irish: 518 (0.7%)
Swedish: 488 (0.7%)
Scandinavian: 416 (0.6%)
Russian: 318 (0.4%)
British: 304 (0.4%)
Northern European: 288 (0.4%)
Danish: 284 (0.4%)
Eastern European: 257 (0.4%)
Austrian: 222 (0.3%)
Canadian: 218 (0.3%)
Czech: 200 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 172 (0.2%)
African: 172 (0.2%)
Romanian: 169 (0.2%)
Iranian: 161 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 154 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 145 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 137 (0.2%)
Brazilian: 129 (0.2%)
Swiss: 122 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 122 (0.2%)
Yugoslavian: 121 (0.2%)
Welsh: 107 (0.2%)
Finnish: 101 (0.1%)
Nigerian: 85 (0.1%)
Slovak: 79 (0.1%)
Greek: 70 (0.10%)
Bulgarian: 65 (0.09%)
Egyptian: 47 (0.07%)
Armenian: 41 (0.06%)
Syrian: 40 (0.06%)
Slavic: 38 (0.05%)
Palestinian: 37 (0.05%)
Belgian: 33 (0.05%)
West Indian: 32 (0.04%)
Slovene: 29 (0.04%)
Celtic: 26 (0.04%)
Australian: 23 (0.03%)
Afghan: 21 (0.03%)
Estonian: 21 (0.03%)
Czechoslovakian: 18 (0.03%)
Lebanese: 17 (0.02%)
Israeli: 14 (0.02%)
Kenyan: 14 (0.02%)
Moroccan: 14 (0.02%)
Ethiopian: 13 (0.02%)
Jamaican: 13 (0.02%)
Iraqi: 11 (0.02%)
Assyrian: 11 (0.02%)
Basque: 10 (0.01%)
Croatian: 10 (0.01%)
Turkish: 9 (0.01%)
Alsatian: 8 (0.01%)
Pennsylvania German: 8 (0.01%)
Haitian: 8 (0.01%)
Maltese: 7 (0.01%)
Serbian: 6 (0.01%)
Icelander: 4 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Lakewood:
33.5% (4,534)
Colorado:
38.3% (209,491)
Vietnam
Lakewood:
7.8% (1,054)
Colorado:
3.0% (16,616)
India
Lakewood:
5.8% (779)
Colorado:
4.0% (21,689)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Lakewood:
4.0% (543)
Colorado:
3.3% (17,998)
Korea
Lakewood:
3.6% (481)
Colorado:
2.9% (15,981)
Germany
Lakewood:
3.4% (455)
Colorado:
2.5% (13,706)
Canada
Lakewood:
2.7% (361)
Colorado:
2.7% (15,026)
Philippines
Lakewood:
2.2% (292)
Colorado:
2.3% (12,342)
Guatemala
Lakewood:
2.0% (267)
Colorado:
1.4% (7,898)
Japan
Lakewood:
1.9% (262)
Colorado:
0.7% (4,075)
France
Lakewood:
1.8% (250)
Colorado:
0.5% (2,620)
Brazil
Lakewood:
1.8% (243)
Colorado:
1.0% (5,365)
England
Lakewood:
1.7% (230)
Colorado:
1.2% (6,672)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 73,990
Other state: 70,002
Northeast: 9,126
Midwest: 25,583
South: 16,108
West: 19,185
82.9% of Lakewood residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 26.2% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 60.1% lived in Colorado.
Lakewood:
82.9%
State average:
83.6%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 599
Nursery to 4th grade: 8
5th and 6th grade: 353
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 528
10th grade: 193
11th grade: 910
12th grade, no diploma: 364
High school graduate (or equivalency): 12,806
Less than 1 year of college: 3,006
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,487
Associate degree: 5,557
Bachelor's degree: 16,471
Master's degree: 5,750
Professional school degree: 1,099
Doctorate degree: 1,170
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 799
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 199
7th and 8th grade: 342
9th grade: 553
10th grade: 452
11th grade: 692
12th grade, no diploma: 1,002
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,972
Less than 1 year of college: 3,870
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,569
Associate degree: 4,343
Bachelor's degree: 18,739
Master's degree: 7,060
Professional school degree: 1,339
Doctorate degree: 741
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 33,713
One, attached: 7,522
Two: 1,635
3 or 4: 4,365
5 to 9: 5,818
10 to 19: 7,313
20 to 49: 5,974
50 or more: 5,702
Mobile homes: 1,090
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 64
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.8%
House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago