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Lakewood city, California: commercial real estate data.
Lakewood city is a Census city of 79,850 people across 9.39 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $119,177, 71.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 63 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $31.4 m.
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Lakewood
What Lakewood is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.39 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land8,500
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
How many people live in Lakewood
- Population79,850
- Median age39.4
- Population under 1816,347
- Share under 1820.5 percent
- Population 65 and over12,236
- Share 65 and over15.3 percent
- Households26,230
- Family households20,234
- Share of households that are families77.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
Income and work in Lakewood
- Median household income$119,177
- Per capita income$45,789
- Civilian labor force44,164
- Employed41,868
- Unemployed2,296
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over56,719
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
Housing in Lakewood
- Housing units26,867
- Occupied units26,230
- Vacant units637 plus or minus 244
- Vacancy rate2.4 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Owner occupied18,722
- Renter occupied7,508
- Ownership rate71.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$827,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,347
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.6 percent
- Single family units22,454
- Share single family83.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,272
- Share in buildings of two or more15.9 percent
- Mobile homes141 plus or minus 105
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
How Lakewood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute35,154
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,073
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more16,091
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.8 percent
- Drove alone74.2 percent
- Carpooled9.3 percent
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home13.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
SBA loans in Lakewood (7(a))
- Approvals63
- Gross approval$31,396,900
- Average approval$498,363
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,389,000
- Largest approval$4,000,000
- Jobs supported606
- Jobs per approval9.6
- Loans with a final outcome13
- Paid in full12
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans7.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.9 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders32
- Distinct industries by NAICS39
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lakewood
SBA loans in Lakewood (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$5,127,000
- Average approval$1,709,000
- Median approval$1,790,000
- Largest approval$3,125,000
- Jobs supported72
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lakewood
Flood risk in Lakewood
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060130
- Currently effective map date09/26/08(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Los Angeles County, not Lakewood
Los Angeles County context, not Lakewood figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lakewood measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lakewood. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lakewood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lakewood, California?
79,850, in 26,230 households. Lakewood city covers 9.39 square miles of land, which is 8,500 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lakewood in?
Los Angeles County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lakewood?
$119,177. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $827,200. Median gross rent is $2,347 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lakewood businesses?
63 7(a) approvals totalling $31.4 m, across 32 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $5.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lakewood, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lakewood borrowers get paid back?
Of the 13 loans that have reached a final outcome, 12 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 7.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Lakewood in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Lakewood appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060130, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Lakewood figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lakewood.
Is zoning published for Lakewood?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.