Lakewood ParkFL
13,866 residents make their home in this town in Florida.
Is Lakewood Park a good place to live?
More weak spots than strong ones. At C− overall, Lakewood Park ranks 474th of 634 in Florida. It comes out better than 17% of U.S. towns. Walkability is its weak spot. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $268K, 3.6 years of the Port St. Lucie metro’s $75K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too (D) — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. The biggest park or preserve is Indrio Savannahs Preserve, at 398 acres.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap.
Lakewood Park has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020
11,323 counted in 2010 and 12,510 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Lakewood Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Lakewood Park is from typical.
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Moving to Lakewood Park: who provides what
Lakewood Park is unincorporated, so St. Lucie County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lakewood Park.
Lakewood Park is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Fort Pierce and beyond.
Top of a very high hazard risk in Lakewood Park: hurricanes
Since 2017, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lakewood Park. Nearly four fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 13%. Federal aid has come to Lakewood Park households in 4 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most people working in Lakewood Park commute elsewhere
Lakewood Park has 742 jobs for its 5,570 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Among workers in Lakewood Park, 7.5% work remotely from home. Just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. In Lakewood Park, the typical journey to work is 34 minutes, above both Florida’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 114, to 742.
| Lakewood Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.5% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conservation land takes up 8.6% of Lakewood Park
In 2 parks and preserves, walkers have 2.4 miles of trail. Lakewood Park’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Lakewood Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.6% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Indrio Savannahs Preserve | 0.8 mi | 398 |
| 2. Lakewood Park | 0.5 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The climate in Lakewood Park brings mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 53.4°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90°. The Ft Pierce weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 70 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 83% of Florida places with climate records.
Snowfall is close to zero. In Lakewood Park, the January low is 53°F, above both the Florida town median (51°F) and the median of U.S. towns (22°F). Its midsummer high comes in at 90°F.
| Lakewood Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 53°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Lakewood Park trails 61% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,742 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lakewood Park’s, it is healthier than 55%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
The share of adults in Lakewood Park who get no exercise outside work: 27%. CDC measures, 31 in all: Lakewood Park beats Florida on 2 and trails on 9. Two figures for adults in the town: 17% report frequent physical distress, 15% have diabetes.
| Lakewood Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Lakewood Park | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.9% | 15.9% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.1% | 78.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Lakewood Park sells for about $310K at the median
A home in Lakewood Park typically sold within 107 days of listing. The town’s going rate for rent is $1,206 a month. 85% of households are owner-occupiers in the town.
| Lakewood Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,206 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Urca de Lima and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lakewood Park. Close and well known come first.
6 mi MuseumNational Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
15 mi Stadium & arenaFirst Data Field
5 mi GardenMcKee Botanical Garden
7 mi MuseumA. E. Backus Gallery & Museum
26 mi MuseumElliott Museum27K visitors a yearPhoto credits
National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · First Data Field: JoeCondon, Public domain · McKee Botanical Garden: Robert Lawton, CC BY 2.5 · A. E. Backus Gallery & Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Elliott Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Lakewood Park
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lakewood Park
About 3 of every 100 Lakewood Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
97% of working residents leave Lakewood Park for work
Where Lakewood Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lakewood Park
Place in Florida, United States
Lakewood Park is a Census-designated place in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lakewood Park had a population of 12,510. It is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 6.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 20 ft
Lakewood Park’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lakewood Park.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Park | #474 | C− | C+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Florida Ridge | #277 | C+ | C | — | A− | B |
Lakewood Park and Florida Ridge report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lakewood Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Lakewood Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lakewood Park, FL a good place to live?
It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Lakewood Park, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $268,000, 29% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.