Pinetop-Lakeside is a very small town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 4,191 people and six associated neighborhoods, Pinetop-Lakeside is the 86th largest community in Arizona.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.25% 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.

Another notable thing is that Pinetop-Lakeside 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 dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Pinetop-Lakeside’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pinetop-Lakeside has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pinetop-Lakeside a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

The citizens of Pinetop-Lakeside are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.57% of adults in Pinetop-Lakeside have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pinetop-Lakeside in 2022 was $34,197, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,788 for a family of four. However, Pinetop-Lakeside contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pinetop-Lakeside is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pinetop-Lakeside home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pinetop-Lakeside residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Pinetop-Lakeside also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.07% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pinetop-Lakeside include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Greek.

The most common language spoken in Pinetop-Lakeside is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.