With 12,654 people, Lakeside is a city in Virginia. There are 2,926 people per square mile. Households here earn about 23% less than in Virginia as a whole. The average commute runs 20 minutes. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $288,200. The population is up 13% since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $72,032, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.4
US median: 38.9
More educated
40% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 86%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Lakeside
What changed most since 1990
Black share5.9% → 17.6%(+11.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
White share92.4% → 63.7%(−28.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate6.4% → 11.8%(+5.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Lakeside's population equals 3.8% of Henrico County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 5.1% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 2.8% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)29%(146)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)42.1%(212)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era23.7%(119)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 503 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Lakeside, decade by decade
Lakeside population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,081
$72,796
$159,365
20.8%
17.7
2000
11,157
$74,034
$155,023
21.0%
33.4
2010
11,849
$71,004
$250,311
27.7%
57.9
2020
12,203
$66,788
$236,226
34.5%
67.4
2024
12,654
$72,032
$288,200
39.5%
68.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
