Lakewood is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 79,063 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Lakewood is the 104th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Lakewood are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Lakewood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Lakewood telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Lakewood, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.04 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

In terms of college education, Lakewood is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.94% of adults in Lakewood have a college degree.

The per capita income in Lakewood in 2018 was $43,086, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,344 for a family of four. However, Lakewood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lakewood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lakewood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Lakewood, accounting for 35.66% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Lakewood residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lakewood include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

In addition, Lakewood has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.02%).

The most common language spoken in Lakewood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.