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13,051people live here $61,467median household income▼ 24% below US $1,530median rent per monthNear US average $322,300median home valueNear US average

Lake Los Angeles is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, CA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Lake Los Angeles

Lake Los Angeles is an unincorporated community in California with a population that has grown fast since 2020. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Lake Los Angeles deals with county unemployment above the national average, household incomes below the national average, long average commutes, and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks.

The good

Fast-growing population

The not so good

Above-average unemployment in the county
Below-average household incomes
Long commutes
Air quality concerns
Low college degree attainment
High poverty rate

How Lake Los Angeles compares

Median household income

Lake Los Angeles$61,467

California avg$99,122

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Lake Los Angeles$1,530

California avg$2,036

US$1,413

Median home value

Lake Los Angeles$322,300

California avg$734,700

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Lake Los Angeles

Based on Lake Los Angeles's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,060

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $61,200 a year
64% of Lake Los Angeles renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$64,460

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $32,230
Homes cost 5.2× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,530/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,530 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $322,300. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $322,300 · 64% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

5.7% county unemployment

Unemployment in Los Angeles County is 5.7%, somewhat above the national average of 4.3%. Lining up work before the move is the safer route. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Los Angeles County (county-wide)

Safety

632 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Lake Los Angeles doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs above the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1648/100k · Policed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 67% above US

43 min average commute

Commutes run long, averaging 43.3 minutes, and that's just the average, meaning a lot of people are doing significantly more. This isn't a city where living far from the office is a comfortable bet. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 11% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

72%

Carpool

15%

Work from home

11%

Walk

1.5%

Public transit

0.9%

Climate

Summers run seriously hot, with average highs pushing 97°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 38°F. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 61% below US

14% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

0 public schools inside the boundary

No public school is located inside the boundary; students attend schools in the surrounding district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is César E. Chávez National Monument (59 miles away). There are 3 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Lake Los Angeles's strongest point is a population that has grown fast since 2020; the main tradeoffs are county unemployment above the national average and household incomes below the national average. A year of median rent ($1,530/mo) equals 30% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone moving without a job lined up, people who dread long commutes, and anyone who doesn't drive.

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