LakesideCA
807 people call this town in California home.
Is Lakeside a good place to live?
Lakeside’s typical July afternoon high is 98°F, above both California’s towns (89°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). Lakeside has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
807 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Lakeside: who provides what
Lakeside is unincorporated, so Kern 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 Lakeside.
Most of Lakeside’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Lakeside for work: only 3% work in town. Lakeside: nearly a quarter of residents live below the poverty line. The median commute is under 12 miles. In Lakeside, the typical journey to work is 21 minutes.
| Lakeside | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lakeside has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from earthquakes
Lakeside’s FEMA hazard score comes in at 78 of 100. FEMA puts 57% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 32% to inland flooding. One declared disaster, in 2004, has brought federal aid to Lakeside households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Lakeside brings mild winters and hot summers
The town’s January low stands at 40°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Lakeside is
The share of adults in Lakeside who had a checkup this year: 73%. In Lakeside, a fifth of adults report frequent mental distress, and 28% say their health is fair or poor.
| Lakeside | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 22% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lakeside | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.9% | 5.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.6% | 10.6% |
| More smokers | 16.7% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Dignity Health Arena and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lakeside. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Stadium & arenaDignity Health Arena
27 mi MuseumFort Tejon
29 mi National MonumentCésar E. Chávez National Monument31K visitors a year
12 mi MuseumKern County Museum85K visitors a year18 mi Zoo & aquariumCalifornia Living Museum
11 mi MuseumBakersfield Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Dignity Health Arena: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Fort Tejon: Yellowute at English Wikipedia, Public domain · César E. Chávez National Monument: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Kern County Museum: (WT-de) Mistoffeles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bakersfield Museum of Art: Skyman9999. Skyman9999, CC0
Everything we know about Lakeside
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lakeside
About 3 of every 100 Lakeside residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
97% of working residents leave Lakeside for work
Where Lakeside’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lakeside
Place in California, United States
Lakeside is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 843.
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Questions about Lakeside
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lakeside, CA a good place to live?
Lakeside has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.