LakeviewCA
A town of 2,062, settled in 1894.
Is Lakeview a good place to live?
Lakeview’s best subject grade is a B+ for the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Lakeview’s average trip to work is 53 minutes, above both the California town median (28 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 19 of California’s 1,063 towns score lower on walkability. Lakeview has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
95% of working residents leave Lakeview for work
Where Lakeview’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lakeview grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Lakeview is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Joshua Tree National Park and 44 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lakeview. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi National ParkJoshua Tree National Park2.9M visitors a year
25 mi MountainSan Gorgonio Mountain
8 mi MuseumOrange Empire Railway Museum
26 mi MountainSan Jacinto Peak
31 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Arena
9 mi LandmarkRiverside National CemeteryPhoto credits
Joshua Tree National Park: Sergiy Galyonkin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · San Gorgonio Mountain: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Orange Empire Railway Museum: The original uploader was Pretzelpaws at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · San Jacinto Peak: Wattewyl, CC BY 3.0 · Toyota Arena: jondoeforty1, CC BY 2.0 · Riverside National Cemetery: Sigris Lopez, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Lakeview: who provides what
Lakeview is unincorporated, so Riverside 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 Lakeview.
Wildfire leads a very high hazard risk in Lakeview
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Lakeview’s schools beat 54% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Nuview Union school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Nuview Bridge Early College High, with 667 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuview ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 663 | – |
| Nuview Bridge Early College HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 667 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests
Lakeview stands out in California and nationally, with more of its residents who live below the poverty line
32% of residents live below the poverty line in Lakeview, against 10% in California’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. 21% of workers work from home in Lakeview. Jobs based in Lakeview fell to 395 in 2023, 59 fewer than in 2013.
| Lakeview | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 32% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 21% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Lakeview are less healthy than 73% of U.S. towns
Lakeview beats the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 69% of Lakeview adults had a checkup this year.
| Lakeview | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 72% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Lakeview | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 17.4% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lakeview has mild winters and hot summers
Lakeview has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. The July high in Lakeview is 96°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lakeview has set aside 6.1% of its land for conservation
1.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Lakeview’s trail density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Lakeview | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.1% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mystic Field | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Lakeview sell for about $750K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lakeview
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Lakeview
About 4 of every 100 Lakeview residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Lakeview
Census-designated place in California, United States
Lakeview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 1,977 at the 2020 census, down from 2,104 at the 2010 census. The community is named for nearby Mystic Lake.
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- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,450 ft
- Area code
- 92567
Lakeview’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lakeview.
Lakeview has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lakeview and Nuevo report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lakeview with a neighbor →
Questions about Lakeview
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lakeview, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $549,000, 28% below 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 C−.