City safety & data profile

Lakewood ParkFL

Lakewood Park, FL is a 11K-resident city in St. Lucie County with a median household income of $64,023.

St. Lucie County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lakewood Park, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lakewood Park has a population larger than 9% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $268,400.

Data updated 2026-09-05

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 10%
By size
$64,023
Median income (place)
$268,400
Median home (place)
9.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lakewood Park

Lakewood Park posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 29%
by median income, US cities

Where Lakewood Park income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$64,023 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lakewood Park $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lakewood Park, FL beyond the headline numbers

Lakewood Park sits inside St. Lucie County, Florida, at roughly 27.54°N, -80.40°W. Population 11,323, $64,023 median household income. Median home value $268,400, median rent $1,206. Poverty rate 9.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 9.4%, poverty in Lakewood Park, FL runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Lakewood Park runs about 4.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 7.5% of Lakewood Park workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 9.6% in Lakewood Park, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Lakewood Park workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 50.8 years, Lakewood Park's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lakewood Park from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,323
Lakewood Park · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$64,023
-28% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$268,400
-35% vs avg
Median Age (place)
50.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (St. Lucie County): Lakewood Park's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
361K+28%
Median Income
$71,457+65%
Median Home Value
$347,300+183%
Poverty Rate
12.3%-33%
Unemployment
6%-60%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lakewood Park, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,206/mo
Poverty Rate
9.4% -24% vs avg
Unemployment 3.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 18.8%
Work From Home 7.5%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 73.7%
African American 15.5%
Asian 2.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
41.4%
Short Sleep Duration
35.9%
Obesity
31%
Physical Inactivity
26.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.5%
Current Smoking
15%
Diabetes
14.8%
Binge Drinking
13.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.2%
Annual Checkup 78.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.6%
Stroke
4.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Lakewood Park?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lakewood Park right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-LAKEWOOD-PARK · Lakewood Park

Lakewood Park: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lakewood Park; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Lakewood Park, FL?
Lakewood Park, FL has a population of 11,323 people, located in St. Lucie County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Lakewood Park?
The median household income in Lakewood Park, FL is $64,023 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.4%.
What is the median home value in Lakewood Park?
The median home value in Lakewood Park, FL is $268,400. Median rent is $1,206/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lakewood Park?
The top health indicators in Lakewood Park include High Blood Pressure (41.4%), Short Sleep Duration (35.9%), Obesity (31%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Lakewood Park?
The median age in Lakewood Park, FL is 50.8 years. 18.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lakewood Park, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (9.4% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($64,023 here).

Compare Lakewood Park with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Lakewood Park's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lakewood Park area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (St. Lucie County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.