Lakeside is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 19,528 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Lakeside is the 314th largest community in California.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lakeside is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lakeside is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lakeside who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.93%), sales jobs (10.93%), and management occupations (8.47%).

Being a small town, Lakeside does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Lakeside Information and Demographics

The citizens of Lakeside are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.85% of adults in Lakeside have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lakeside in 2000 was $20,100, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $80,400 for a family of four.

The people who call Lakeside home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lakeside is White, followed by Asian. Lakeside also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.96% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lakeside include German, English, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, French, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Lakeside is English. Some people also speak Spanish.