LenwoodCA
A town of 3,383.
Is Lenwood a good place to live?
Lenwood earns a D, 572nd among California's 841 graded towns, mostly because of incomes and schools. The median household income is $79K, and 15% of residents live below the poverty line. Its public schools trail 76% of California towns on state tests and graduation. One bright spot: a typical home costs about $194K, 2.2 years of the Riverside metro’s $90K median household income. Lenwood’s July high is 103°F, above both California’s towns (89°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 86% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
99% of working residents leave Lenwood for work
Where Lenwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lenwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Lenwood is from typical.
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Moving to Lenwood: who provides what
Lenwood is unincorporated, so San Bernardino 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 Lenwood.
Lenwood trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Barstow and beyond.
Lenwood’s grade for schools is a C−
Its public schools are run by the Barstow Unified school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenwood ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 351 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Very high risk in Lenwood, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lenwood has set aside 3.2% of its land for conservation
2.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Lenwood is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Lenwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lenwood Park | — | 7 |
| 2. Jasper Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Parque del Sol | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On CDC estimates, Lenwood is less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns
Lenwood beats the California average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 21. 69% of Lenwood adults had a checkup this year.
| Lenwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 72% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 22% | 19% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 33% |
| What stands out | Lenwood | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.7% | 7.3% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 26.2% | 17.9% |
| More uninsured adults | 15.5% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer of Lenwood’s working residents work locally than in the typical California or U.S. town
Lenwood has 114 jobs for its 1,701 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.8% of working residents work locally in Lenwood. The top destinations are Barstow (14%), Los Angeles (9%) and Fort Irwin (6%). Lenwood’s average trip to work is 31 minutes.
| Lenwood | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Lenwood, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Barstow weather station, 5 miles away, records that about 133 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 102.7°, hotter than in 100% of U.S. towns; January nights average 34.7°.
Lenwood has mild winters and scorching summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Lenwood sells for about $254K
Homes are within reach (A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 71 miles. At 2.2 years of the Riverside metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in any other California town; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lenwood
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lenwood
About 6 of every 100 Lenwood residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Lenwood
Census-designated place in California, United States
Lenwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 3,623 at the 2020 census, up from 3,543 at the 2010 census. It is located on the Mojave River, 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Barstow.
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- Area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,277 ft
- Area code
- 760
Lenwood’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lenwood.
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Questions about Lenwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lenwood, CA a good place to live?
Lenwood grades D overall, better than 13% of U.S. towns and #572 of 841 in California. It grades C− for health and C− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Lenwood, CA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $194,000, 74% 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 A−.