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Lake Forest, CA

87,164 Population
16.7 square miles 5,215 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$65,326 ±$6,300 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $48,297 ±$412
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
$140,661 ±$18,596 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $96,405 ±$980
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381

7.8% ±5% (6,745  ±4,369) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.4% 1,577,387 (±0.3% / ±37,640)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)

25.5 minutes ±0.7 (869,805  ±43,803) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 29.5 152,295,600 (±0.1 / ±584,790)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

30,881 ±1,652 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,583,939 ±11,287
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
2.8 ±0.2 (86,521  ±59) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,669,142 (±0 / ±1,609)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960

4.9% ±2.2% (932  ±436) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.9% 124,721 (±0.2% / ±6,786)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)

Housing

31,620 ±1,803 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,870,148 ±946
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124

$1,087,500 ±$48,844 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $908,500 ±$4,270
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644

10.7% ±4.5% (9,268  ±3,896) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 1,185,489 (±0.2% / ±29,446.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)

Social

95.8% ±6.6% (59,331  ±4,830.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.8% 7,605,430 (±0.5% / ±46,909.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
53.8% ±4.9% (33,355  ±3,375) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 39% 3,584,880 (±0.3% / ±31,412.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

28.2% ±4.8% (24,586  ±4,143) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 33.4% 4,318,347
  • about the same as the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022

3.3% ±1.5% (2,332  ±1,078) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.7% 282,350 (±0.1% / ±8,840)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
2,332 Total veterans ±1,078 2,117 Male ±925 215 Female ±327

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