June LakeCA
Today 209 people live in this town, first settled in 1927.
Is June Lake a good place to live?
June Lake’s typical July afternoon high is 77°F, against 89°F in California’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. Among 847 California towns, just one has a lower January low than June Lake. 88% of the land in June Lake is conserved, where California’s towns sit at 4.3% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Ansel Adams Wilderness, at 758 acres. June Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
209 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Yosemite National Park and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around June Lake. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi National ParkYosemite National Park4.3M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi MountainHalf Dome
19 mi LakeMono Lake
10 mi Ski areaMammoth Mountain153 runs · 2,962 ft vertical
9 mi National MonumentDevils Postpile National Monument100K visitors a year
39 mi LakeHetch HetchyPhoto credits
Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Half Dome: Jon Sullivan, Public domain · Mono Lake: File:Mono lake sat.jpg: created by NASA Rotation and crop: Hike395, Public domain · Mammoth Mountain: Hike395 (talk · contribs), CC BY 3.0 · Devils Postpile National Monument: Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Hetch Hetchy: Vulpinus2, CC BY-SA 4.0
.jpg){kind=link}
Moving to June Lake: who provides what
June Lake is unincorporated, so Mono County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in June Lake.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of June Lake
In 3 parks and preserves, walkers have 35 miles of trail. June Lake’s concentration of trails is 3.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Owens River Headwaters Wilderness | 0.9 mi | 389 |
| 2. Ansel Adams Wilderness | 0.2 mi | 758 |
| 3. Gull Lake Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median age in June Lake is higher than in the typical California or U.S. town
47% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across California.
| June Lake | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 66.3 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 33% and 67% women
The Census survey reached too few of June Lake’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±17 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| June Lake | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 0% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 0% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.7% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.1% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 53.6% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.7% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.9% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 7.3% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 39.8% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 200, single groups can be off by several points
June Lake has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2023. 37% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by avalanches at 23%. June Lake’s FEMA risk score stands at 89 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of June Lake’s workers commute out
Just 5% of June Lake’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in June Lake grew to 182 in 2023, 68 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Mammoth Lakes (27%), Bishop (9%) and Fresno (5%). Half of commuters travel less than 47 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
June Lake has four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 77° and January nights drop to 16°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy June Lake is
Just over a fifth of June Lake adults get no exercise outside work. The town beats the California average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. Two figures for adults in the town: 32% feel lonely, 73% had a checkup this year.
| June Lake | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 72% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | June Lake | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.2% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.6% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow puts the typical June Lake home at about $709K
The share of households in June Lake who are owner-occupiers: 68%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about June Lake
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of June Lake; the nearest are
About 9 of every 100 June Lake residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
35 miles of trails in June Lake
88.2% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
About June Lake
Census-designated place in California, United States
June Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mono County, California, United States. It is located against the southern rim of the Mono Basin, 12.5 miles (20 km) south of Lee Vining. The majority of the developed community is spread narrowly along a five-mile stretch of California State Route 158, known as the June Lake Loop Road, or in the populated areas, Boulder Drive. The Mono County Community Development Department defines June Lake's planning area to encompass the entire June Lake Loop, including the section of U.S. Route 395 between the north and south junctions of the Loop Road. However, the June Lake census-designated place, for which population fig…
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 8.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7,654 ft
- ZIP code
- 93529
- Area code
- 760
Questions about June Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is June Lake, CA a good place to live?
June Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.