Lakeside is officially in Henrico County, but most Richmonders consider it part of Northside. Cape Cods, bungalows, and ranchers from the 1940s and 50s on quiet streets near Bryan Park and the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. The neighborhood that gave Richmond its first amusement park and its first golf course. We manage 8 homes here, in a market where buyer interest has steadily climbed.
What makes Lakeside distinctive — historically, architecturally, and as a rental market.
Lakeside takes its name from the lake at what is now Jefferson Lakeside Country Club, on the northern edge of the area. In 1895, Major Lewis Ginter — Richmond philanthropist and tobacconist — built Lakeside Park here, complete with a small zoo, water sports, and Richmond's first golf course. The trolley line from downtown ended at Lakeside Park, making it one of the city's most popular weekend destinations until amusement-park culture moved on in the early 20th century.
Most of the housing stock came later. Lakeside developed primarily between the 1940s and 1960s, with Cape Cods, bungalows, ranchers, and small Colonials on lots that are larger and more affordable than equivalents inside the Richmond city limits.
Bryan Park — 262 acres gifted to the city by the Bryan family in 1909 in memory of Joseph Bryan, founder of the Richmond Times-Dispatch — sits at the southern edge. The park's azalea gardens, planted in 1952, drew 450,000 visitors per year at their peak.
Lakeside's selling points haven't changed: convenient interstate access (I-95, I-64, and I-195 all converge nearby at the Bryan Park interchange), Henrico County Public Schools, larger lots than the city, and prices that are still below Richmond city averages despite steady appreciation.
The commercial spine is Lakeside Avenue, sometimes called consignment row — a stretch of vintage shops, mid-century-modern furniture stores, mechanics, and locally-owned restaurants like Roy's Big Burger, Arianna's Grill, and Final Gravity Brewing. The Lakeside Farmers Market is one of Richmond's better small markets. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is on the northern edge.
ZIP 23228 covers Lakeside and adjacent unincorporated Henrico neighborhoods. NeighborhoodScout puts the average rental price in Lakeside around $2,299 — though our portfolio averages somewhat lower because we manage primarily single-family rentals rather than the apartment complexes that drive that average up.
Every Richmond neighborhood has its own renter and owner profile. Lakeside's profile is distinct enough that we've built our approach around it.
Lakeside is one of the few Richmond-area submarkets that combines genuine urban convenience with Henrico County Public Schools — a meaningful differentiator for family rentals. Owners here often hold properties for the long term: rents are stable, residents tend to stay, and appreciation has been steady if unspectacular.
The housing stock is mostly 1940s-60s, which means the maintenance profile is different from the Fan or Church Hill: real foundations, simpler systems, less original-construction quirks. But these homes are still 60-80 years old, which means HVAC, roofing, and major-system replacements are recurring conversations. Vendor selection still matters.
Most of our Lakeside residents are families — often with school-age kids placed in Henrico County Public Schools — who want a yard and a real driveway but don't want to commute 30+ minutes from the far suburbs. Young professionals priced out of the Fan also gravitate here for the price-to-square-footage ratio.
If you want walkable restaurants and a downtown lifestyle, this isn't quite that. If you want a 1950s Cape Cod with a real backyard, on a quiet street, twenty minutes from downtown but in a much better school district than the city, Lakeside is exactly that.
Live listings filtered to Lakeside from our management system. Pulls every Lakeside home we currently have on the market.
Fetching live data from our management system.
Free, no-obligation rental analysis for owners — mailed within 5 business days. Or browse what's available today.