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Lake Forest, CA

85,635 Population
16.7 square miles 5,123.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$60,861 ±$6,995 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $45,171 ±$460
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $46,661 ±$225
$128,033 ±$16,736 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $87,743 ±$878
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $91,551 ±$471

8.6% ±3% (7,307  ±2,563) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.9% 1,634,388 (±0.3% / ±34,395)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12.2% 4,670,324 (±0.2% / ±66,972)

24.6 minutes ±0.9 (906,560  ±48,127) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.1 163,912,580 (±0.1 / ±641,078)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

31,990 ±1,955 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,500,951 ±10,543
  • California: 13,550,586 ±19,485
2.7 ±0.2 (84,953  ±119) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,628,166 (±0 / ±2,345)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 2.8 38,154,104

5.1% ±3.9% (1,065  ±825) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.3% 136,710 (±0.2% / ±6,548)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 453,850 (±0.1% / ±13,512)

Housing

32,946 ±2,144 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,788,314 ±968
  • California: 14,627,041 ±997

$914,300 ±$59,164 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $847,400 ±$4,232
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $715,900 ±$2,271

12.3% ±3.3% (10,447  ±2,762.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10% 1,280,142 (±0.2% / ±29,517.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.1% 4,293,993 (±0.2% / ±58,514.1)

Social

93% ±6.3% (57,930  ±4,821) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82% 7,424,697 (±0.5% / ±44,137.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,751,090 (±0.3% / ±80,766.1)
49.1% ±5.2% (30,575  ±3,543.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.6% 3,404,302 (±0.3% / ±29,358.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 37% 9,935,941 (±0.2% / ±52,591.7)

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

29.4% ±4.2% (25,140  ±3,606) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.4% 4,173,948
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 26.7% 10,428,025

3.3% ±1.3% (2,279  ±933) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.7% 277,879 (±0.1% / ±7,841)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,292,737 (±0.1% / ±18,307)
2,279 Total veterans ±933 2,030 Male ±889 249 Female ±305

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