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Lake Los AngelesCA

Lake Los Angeles, CA is a 12K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $61,467.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lake Los Angeles, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lake Los Angeles has a population larger than 15% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $322,300.

Data updated 2026-09-04

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 16%
By size
$61,467
Median income (place)
$322,300
Median home (place)
18.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lake Los Angeles

Lake Los Angeles posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 25%
by median income, US cities

Where Lake Los Angeles income ranks nationally

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

$61,467 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lake Los Angeles $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 Los Angeles, CA beyond the headline numbers

Lake Los Angeles sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 34.61°N, -117.83°W. Population 12,328, $61,467 median household income. Median home value $322,300, median rent $1,530. Poverty rate 18.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

18.9% of Lake Los Angeles, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Lake Los Angeles costs around 5.2 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.

Remote work covers 10.5% of Lake Los Angeles workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent physical distress departs furthest from its peer median: 18.8% in Lake Los Angeles, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Lake Los Angeles's median age is 31.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lake Los Angeles 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)
12,328
Lake Los Angeles · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,467
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$322,300
-22% vs avg
Median Age (place)
31.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Lake Los Angeles'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
9.8M-1%
Median Income
$90,112+61%
Median Home Value
$834,200+99%
Poverty Rate
13.7%-23%
Unemployment
7.3%-36%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lake Los Angeles, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,530/mo
Poverty Rate
18.9% +52% vs avg
Unemployment 8.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 13.9%
Work From Home 10.5%
Public Transit 0.9%

Population

White 34.3%
African American 6%
Asian 1.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.7%
Physical Inactivity
34.4%
Obesity
32.9%
High Blood Pressure
32.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
18.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
18.8%
Current Smoking
16.8%
Binge Drinking
15.3%
Diabetes
14.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 49.8%
Annual Checkup 69.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.5%
Stroke
4.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Lake Los Angeles?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-LAKE-LOS-ANGELES · Lake Los Angeles

Lake Los Angeles: 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 Los Angeles; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Lake Los Angeles, CA? ▼
Lake Los Angeles, CA has a population of 12,328 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Lake Los Angeles? ▼
The median household income in Lake Los Angeles, CA is $61,467 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.9%.
What is the median home value in Lake Los Angeles? ▼
The median home value in Lake Los Angeles, CA is $322,300. Median rent is $1,530/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lake Los Angeles? ▼
The top health indicators in Lake Los Angeles include Short Sleep Duration (38.7%), Physical Inactivity (34.4%), Obesity (32.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Lake Los Angeles? ▼
The median age in Lake Los Angeles, CA is 31.9 years. 13.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (18.9% here).

Tucson, AZ 18.9% Lubbock, TX 18.9% Pasadena, TX 18.9% North Miami, FL 18.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($61,467 here).

Huron, SD $61,452 Faribault, MN $61,449 Defiance, OH $61,439 North Valley, NM $61,498

Compare Lake Los Angeles 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

Sun Village, CA 12K Palmdale, CA 158K Vincent, CA 16K Phelan, CA 14K Lancaster, CA 161K Quartz Hill, CA 11K Rosamond, CA 18K Adelanto, CA 33K
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Using Lake Los Angeles'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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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 (Los Angeles 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.