Lake SherwoodCA
The town, home to 1,633 people, lies in California.
Is Lake Sherwood a good place to live?
Lake Sherwood’s best subject grades are an A for incomes, health, and schools; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. 67% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lake Sherwood, above both California’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Only 17 of California’s 1,058 towns score lower on cost of living. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Lake Sherwood’s trail density is 3.2 miles per square mile, where California’s towns sit at 1.0 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest place to walk is Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, 1,207 acres with 6.2 miles of trail. Lake Sherwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lake Sherwood stand out
Where Lake Sherwood beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Lake Sherwood has grown 15% from 2010 to 2020
1,527 counted in 2010 and 1,759 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Lake Sherwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Lake Sherwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
SoFi Stadium and 160 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Sherwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw31 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw31 mi MuseumLa Brea Tar Pits
Big draw32 mi LandmarkHollywood SignPhoto credits
SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · La Brea Tar Pits: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Hollywood Sign: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Lake Sherwood: who provides what
Lake Sherwood is unincorporated, so Ventura 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 Lake Sherwood.
Residents of Lake Sherwood are healthier than 90% of U.S. towns
14% of Lake Sherwood adults report frequent mental distress. The town does better than the California average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 5.
| Lake Sherwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 29% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 24% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lake Sherwood | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.6% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.3% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very high risk in Lake Sherwood, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA puts 39% of Lake Sherwood’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 36% to wildfires.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Lake Sherwood work out of town
3.2% of residents live below the poverty line in Lake Sherwood. Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. In Lake Sherwood, the median household income is $234,000. The town had 231 jobs in 2023, down 43 from 2013.
| Lake Sherwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $234,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conservation land takes up 0.1% of Lake Sherwood
10 miles of trail wind through 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | 6.2 mi | 1,207 |
| 2. Lyon's Pentachaeta Conservation Area | — | 128 |
| 3. South Ranch Open Space | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Lake Sherwood sells for about $3.75M
The share of households in Lake Sherwood who own their home: 91%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lake Sherwood
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Sherwood
About 5 of every 100 Lake Sherwood residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
98% of working residents leave Lake Sherwood for work
Where Lake Sherwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lake Sherwood
Place in California, United States
Lake Sherwood is an unincorporated community in the Santa Monica Mountains, in Ventura County, California overlooking Lake Sherwood reservoir. It is a body contact lake (swimming, fishing, standup paddleboarding (SUP), and boating are allowed), located south of the Conejo Valley and city of Thousand Oaks, and west of Westlake Village. The lake is naturally fed by thousand of acres of open-space, watershed mountains and natural springs. While homes have been around the lake since the reservoir was created by the construction of Sherwood Dam in 1901, the community expanded with the development of the Sherwood Country Club golf course surrounded by luxury homes. The ZIP Code is 91361, and the …
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- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,194 ft
Lake Sherwood’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lake Sherwood.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Sherwood | — | — | D− | — | A | A |
| Thousand Oaks | #102 | B+ | D− | B | A | A |
Lake Sherwood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lake Sherwood reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Lake Sherwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Sherwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Sherwood, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $2,000,000, 163% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.