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Lake ArrowheadCA

Lake Arrowhead, CA is a 12K-resident city in San Bernardino County with a median household income of $95,236.

San Bernardino County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lake Arrowhead, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lake Arrowhead has a population larger than 15% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $596,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 16%
By size
$95,236
Median income (place)
$596,500
Median home (place)
11.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lake Arrowhead

Lake Arrowhead posts a median household income higher than 65% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Lake Arrowhead area.

Top 35%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Lake Arrowhead

Where Lake Arrowhead income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$95,236 Top 35% higher than 65% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lake Arrowhead $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lake Arrowhead, CA beyond the headline numbers

Lake Arrowhead sits inside San Bernardino County, California, at roughly 34.25°N, -117.19°W. Population 12,424, $95,236 median household income. Median home value $596,500, median rent $1,875. Poverty rate 11.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Lake Arrowhead, 0 with an ER.

Poverty in Lake Arrowhead, CA stands at 11.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Lake Arrowhead costs around 6.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

21.1% of Lake Arrowhead workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.7% in Lake Arrowhead, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Lake Arrowhead workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 49.5 years, Lake Arrowhead's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lake Arrowhead from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
12,424
Lake Arrowhead · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$95,236
+7% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$596,500
+44% vs avg
Median Age (place)
49.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Bernardino County): Lake Arrowhead's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
2.2M+7%
Median Income
$85,478+58%
Median Home Value
$505,000+127%
Poverty Rate
13.3%-29%
Unemployment
7%-51%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lake Arrowhead, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,875/mo
Poverty Rate
11.1% -10% vs avg
Unemployment 3.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 37.9%
Work From Home 21.1%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 66.8%
African American 2.3%
Asian 3%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
37.9%
Short Sleep Duration
33.3%
Obesity
31.5%
Physical Inactivity
20.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
16%
Binge Drinking
15%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.4%
Diabetes
12.1%
Current Smoking
11.6%
Current Asthma
10.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.3%
Annual Checkup 75.2%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
7.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
7.2%
Stroke
3.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Lake Arrowhead?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lake Arrowhead right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-LAKE-ARROWHEAD · Lake Arrowhead

Lake Arrowhead: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lake Arrowhead; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Lake Arrowhead, CA? ▼
Lake Arrowhead, CA has a population of 12,424 people, located in San Bernardino County, California.
What is the median household income in Lake Arrowhead? ▼
The median household income in Lake Arrowhead, CA is $95,236 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.1%.
What is the median home value in Lake Arrowhead? ▼
The median home value in Lake Arrowhead, CA is $596,500. Median rent is $1,875/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lake Arrowhead? ▼
The top health indicators in Lake Arrowhead include High Blood Pressure (37.9%), Short Sleep Duration (33.3%), Obesity (31.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Lake Arrowhead? ▼
Lake Arrowhead has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Lake Arrowhead? ▼
The median age in Lake Arrowhead, CA is 49.5 years. 37.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lake Arrowhead, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (11.1% here).

Joliet, IL 11.1% Sterling Heights, MI 11.1% Minot, ND 11.1% Post Falls, ID 11.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($95,236 here).

Tumwater, WA $95,212 Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 Westerly, RI $95,207 Washington, IL $95,179

Compare Lake Arrowhead with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Crestline, CA 11K Highland, CA 55K San Bernardino, CA 216K Muscoy, CA 11K Redlands, CA 71K Hesperia, CA 93K Loma Linda, CA 24K Colton, CA 55K
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Using Lake Arrowhead's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lake Arrowhead area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Lake Arrowhead against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Bernardino County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.