About Lake City

Lake City is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 361 people and just one neighborhood, Lake City is the 195th largest community in Colorado.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lake City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.5% of the Lake City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Lake City is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake City who work in sales jobs (17.29%), management occupations (11.22%), and office and administrative support jobs (7.48%).

Also of interest is that Lake City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 19.40% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Lake City is a major vacation destination. Much of the town's population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependant on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Lake City's population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

One of the benefits of Lake City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.57 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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

Lake City Information and Demographics

The education level of Lake City citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 29.68% of adults in Lake City have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lake City in 2000 was $23,392, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,568 for a family of four.

The people who call Lake City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake City is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Lake City include German, English, Irish, Dutch, Polish, Scotch-Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

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