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Lakewood city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Lakewood city is a Census city of 156,583 people across 43.48 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $89,792, 58.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 278 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $185.6 m.
78 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Lakewood
What Lakewood is
- Census place typecity
- Land area43.48 sq mi
- Water area1.17 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,601
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson 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
- Population156,583
- Median age38.2
- Population under 1825,560
- Share under 1816.3 percent
- Population 65 and over28,079
- Share 65 and over17.9 percent
- Households69,799
- Family households37,132
- Share of households that are families53.2 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$89,792
- Per capita income$53,749
- Civilian labor force92,777
- Employed88,569
- Unemployed4,208
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over117,037
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher45.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
Housing in Lakewood
- Housing units73,547
- Occupied units69,799
- Vacant units3,748
- Vacancy rate5.1 percent
- Owner occupied40,552
- Renter occupied29,247
- Ownership rate58.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$574,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,806
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.1 percent
- Single family units41,527
- Share single family56.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more31,060
- Share in buildings of two or more42.2 percent
- Mobile homes814 plus or minus 270
- Median year structure built1977
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 commute66,810
- Commuting under 15 minutes13,682
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more26,053
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.0 percent
- Drove alone65.2 percent
- Carpooled6.0 percent
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home23.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
SBA loans in Lakewood (7(a))
- Approvals278
- Gross approval$185,566,900
- Average approval$667,507
- Median approval$298,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,910,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,359
- Jobs per approval8.5
- Loans with a final outcome47
- Paid in full46
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans2.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more23.0 percent
- Share to franchises11.9 percent
- Distinct lenders73
- Distinct industries by NAICS127
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)
- Approvals73
- Gross approval$51,550,000
- Average approval$706,164
- Median approval$403,000
- Largest approval$4,066,000
- Jobs supported493
- Loans with a final outcome32
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Lakewood
Jefferson County context, not Lakewood figures
These are Jefferson 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 Jefferson County17,999
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County210,701
- Covered employment, Jefferson County248,082
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$78,598
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,512
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County1,172
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County932
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$46,222,558,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$87,753
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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, Colorado?
156,583, in 69,799 households. Lakewood city covers 43.48 square miles of land, which is 3,601 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?
Jefferson 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?
$89,792. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $574,400. Median gross rent is $1,806 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?
278 7(a) approvals totalling $185.6 m, across 73 lenders, median approval $298,500, plus 73 504 approvals worth $51.5 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 47 loans that have reached a final outcome, 46 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 2.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
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 Jefferson 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.