Lakewood is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 56,646 people and 19 constituent neighborhoods, Lakewood is the 14th largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Lakewood was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Lakewood is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lakewood is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lakewood who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.02%), sales jobs (12.01%), and management occupations (9.91%).

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.

One thing that you will notice about Lakewood is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Lakewood a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Lakewood is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Lakewood Information and Demographics

The population of Lakewood is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.92% of adults in Lakewood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lakewood in 2000 was $23,945, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,780 for a family of four.

The people who call Lakewood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lakewood is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lakewood include German, Irish, Italian, English, Polish, Slovak, and Hungarian.

The most common language spoken in Lakewood is English. Some people also speak Arabic.