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Lake Forest, CA
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Lake Forest profile


Living in Lake Forest



Lake Forest is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 85,638 people and 14 constituent neighborhoods, Lake Forest is the 97th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Lake Forest 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 Forest 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 Forest telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.12% 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.

The education level of Lake Forest ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Lake Forest, 48.68% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Lake Forest in 2018 was $51,276, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $205,104 for a family of four. However, Lake Forest contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lake Forest is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Forest home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Forest residents report their race to be 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 23.93% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Forest include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Lake Forest's cultural character, accounting for 25.74% of the city’s population.

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