California · Census place 39496
Lake Forest city, CA
Quick answer
Lake Forest city has 85,846 residents, ranking #100 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $131,378, the median home is worth $876,300 and median gross rent runs $2,616 a month.
- Population
- 85,846Lake Forest city residents
- Median household income
- $131,378Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $876,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,616Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 70.7%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Lake Forest city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Lake Forest city median would spend about 23.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 6.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.3% of residents and 70.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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- Hawthorne city 85,933
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- Redwood City city 82,423
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