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Most Expensive Lake Forest Neighborhoods
| NAME | |
|---|---|
| 1 | El Toro |
| 2 | City Center |
| 3 | El Toro Rd / Jeronimo ... |
| 4 | El Toro Rd / Normandal... |
| 5 | El Toro Rd / Rockfield... |
| 6 | Los Alisos Blvd / Muir... |
REAL ESTATE IN POPULAR Lake Forest NEIGHBORHOODS City Center, El Toro, El Toro Rd / Jeronimo Rd, El Toro Rd / Rockfield Blvd, El Toro Rd / Normandale Dr, Los Alisos Blvd / Muirlands Blvd
POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Lake Forest, CA Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Orange, Rancho Santa Margarita, Santa Ana, Tustin
POPULATION
58,806
| LAKE FOREST INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION | 58,806 |
| NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS | 15,279 |
| LAKE FOREST HOME OWNERSHIP | |
| % OWNER OCCUPIED | 69.47% |
| % RENTER OCCUPIED | 28.65% |
| % VACANT | 1.88% |
| TYPE OF LAKE FOREST HOMES | |
| SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED | 53.20% |
| ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES | 12.76% |
| SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS | 5.69% |
| COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS | 23.27% |
| MOBILE HOMES | 5.08% |
| OTHER | 0.00% |
| SIZE OF LAKE FOREST HOMES | |
| NO BEDROOM | 2.95% |
| 1 BEDROOM | 13.61% |
| 2 BEDROOMS | 25.53% |
| 3 BEDROOMS | 27.67% |
| 4 BEDROOMS | 26.15% |
| 5 OR MORE BEDROOMS | 4.09% |
| AGE OF HOMES | |
| NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) | 3.02% |
| ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) | 85.21% |
| WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) | 11.49% |
| HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) | 0.28% |
| LAKE FOREST REAL ESTATE INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| MEDIAN HOME VALUE | $565,033 |
| MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE | $1,998 |
| HOME VALUE RANGE | |
| $0-$110,000 | 4.45% |
| $110,001-$221,000 | 4.58% |
| $221,001-$442,000 | 19.27% |
| $442,001-$663,000 | 34.58% |
| $663,001-$885,000 | 28.73% |
| $885,001-$1,106,000 | 6.52% |
| $1,106,001-$1,659,000 | 1.71% |
| $1,659,001-$2,211,000 | 0.08% |
| > $2,211,000 | 0.08% |
| PEOPLE OF Lake Forest | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION DISTRIBUTION | |
| UNDER 5 YEARS | 6.93% |
| 5 TO 17 | 19.98% |
| 18 TO 24 | 8.37% |
| 25 TO 34 | 14.23% |
| 35 TO 54 | 33.94% |
| 55 TO 64 | 8.02% |
| 65 YEARS AND OVER | 8.53% |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS | |
| HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES | 88.75% |
| COLLEGE GRADUATES | 33.89% |
| MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME | $67,967 |
| PER CAPITA INCOME | $28,583 |
| INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL | 5.34% |
| INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN | Manufacturing (14.68%), Retail (13.58%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (9.47%), Healthcare (8.68%), Finance (7.96%), Education (6.27%), Construction (5.97%), Accomodation (5.93%), Wholesale (5.56%), Other (4.46%), Real Estate (3.55%), Information Technology (3.17%), Administration (3.15%), Transportation (2.96%), Public Service (2.61%) |
| ATTENDING COLLEGE | 7.18% |
| RACIAL MAKEUP | |
| WHITE | 76.25% |
| BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN | 1.79% |
| AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE | 0.40% |
| ASIAN | 9.26% |
| NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER | 0.28% |
| SOME OTHER RACE ALONE | 6.99% |
| TWO OR MORE RACES | 5.02% |
| HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) | 18.66% |
| ETHNICITIES PRESENT | Other Groups (29.85%), Unclassified (14.38%), German (11.29%), English (7.97%), Irish (6.43%), Italian (6.02%), United States or American (3.69%) |
| FOREIGN BORN | 21.13% |
| LANGUAGES SPOKEN | English (67.88%) , Spanish (13.10%) , Vietnamese (2.13%) |
Lake Forest is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 58,806 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Lake Forest is the 121st largest community in California.
Lake Forest is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.27% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lake Forest is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Forest who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.97%), sales jobs (15.15%), and management occupations (14.34%).
Also of interest is that Lake Forest has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
In addition, Lake Forest is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
The city of Lake Forest is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.
The citizens of Lake Forest are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 33.89% of adults in Lake Forest have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lake Forest in 2000 was $28,583, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,332 for a family of four. However, Lake Forest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lake Forest is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Forest home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake Forest is White, followed by Asian. Lake Forest also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.66% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Forest include German, English, Irish, and Italian.
In addition, Lake Forest has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.13%).
The most common language spoken in Lake Forest is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
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