Lakewood

Population & Demographics

Lakewood, WA

Lakewood is home to 62,937 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 24,749 resident workers commute each day.

WashingtonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
62,937
people
Population

62,937 residents

Median age 37.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Lakewood population & demographics

Who lives in Lakewood — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
62,937
Median age
37.4yrs
Median household income
$74,720
Median home value
$461,200
Median gross rent
$1,525/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
23.2%
Poverty rate
13.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Lakewood

How Lakewood breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White45.0%
Hispanic or Latino18.8%
Black13.3%
Two or more races11.2%
Asian6.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander3.5%
Some other race0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%

Race across Lakewood

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Lakewood.

Lakewood at a glance
Employed Residents
24,749
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
15.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Tacoma
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Lakewood proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Lakewood commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

45 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Lakewood

24,749 commutes, one dot at a time

Lakewood

Where 24,749 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Lakewood, by worker count.

1Tacoma6.2 mi5,051
2Lakewood0.0 mi3,781
3Seattle33.1 mi2,436
4Puyallup11.1 mi778
5Fife9.5 mi673
6Kent21.1 mi632
7Olympia19.4 mi569
8Bellevue34.5 mi508

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Lakewood.

1Tacoma6.2 mi4,451
2Lakewood0.0 mi3,781
3Parkland4.3 mi1,204
4South Hill11.6 mi1,127
5University Place4.0 mi1,039
6Spanaway6.7 mi1,034
7Puyallup11.1 mi645
8Federal Way13.5 mi619

Top industries

The sectors that employ Lakewood’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance30.2%
RTRetail Trade11.8%
EDEducational Services11.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.6%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.5%
COConstruction5.4%
WSWholesale Trade4.4%
MFManufacturing3.4%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.4%
Connectivity

Internet options for Lakewood

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Lakewood

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