Lake Arrowhead is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 12,401 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Lake Arrowhead is the 390th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Lake Arrowhead are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

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

A relatively large number of people in Lake Arrowhead telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.14% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 Lake Arrowhead 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, Lake Arrowhead’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lake Arrowhead has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lake Arrowhead has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lake Arrowhead than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lake Arrowhead may be for you.

One downside of living in Lake Arrowhead is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lake Arrowhead, the average commute to work is 31.81 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Lake Arrowhead doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The education level of Lake Arrowhead citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.21% of adults in Lake Arrowhead have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lake Arrowhead in 2022 was $49,878, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $199,512 for a family of four. However, Lake Arrowhead contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lake Arrowhead is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lake Arrowhead home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Arrowhead residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lake Arrowhead also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.13% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Arrowhead include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Lake Arrowhead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.