Lakewood is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 79,063 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Lakewood is the 104th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Lakewood are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.71% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Lakewood, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.04 minutes every day commuting to work.

The education level of Lakewood citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.94% of adults in Lakewood have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lakewood in 2022 was $43,086, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,344 for a family of four. However, Lakewood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lakewood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lakewood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Lakewood, accounting for 35.66% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Lakewood residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lakewood include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Lakewood's cultural character, accounting for 21.02% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Lakewood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.