Lakeside WoodsCT
A town in Connecticut, home to 363 people.
Is Lakeside Woods a good place to live?
90% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lakeside Woods, against 45% in Connecticut’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Of the 156 Connecticut towns we compare, none has a higher home-ownership rate than Lakeside Woods. Lakeside Woods has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
363 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
United States Military Academy and 83 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lakeside Woods. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
4 mi LakeCandlewood Lake
25 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
32 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
30 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
29 mi National Historic SiteVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site295K visitors a yearPhoto credits
United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain
Moving to Lakeside Woods: who provides what
Lakeside Woods is unincorporated, so Fairfield 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 Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lakeside Woods.
Most of Lakeside Woods’ workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Jobs in Lakeside Woods fell by 27 from 2013 to 2023, to 11. Half of commuters travel less than 14 miles. The top destinations are Sherman (12%), Danbury (10%) and New Milford (8%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Lakeside Woods, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts 79% of Lakeside Woods’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to hurricanes. In Lakeside Woods, the FEMA hazard score is 71 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Lakeside Woods
A winter brings about 58 inches of snow, with January nights at 17° and July afternoons at 83°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults report frequent mental distress in Lakeside Woods than in most of Connecticut or the rest of the country
The share of adults in Lakeside Woods who have been diagnosed with depression: 17%. Of 32 CDC measures, Lakeside Woods beats the Connecticut average on 20 and trails it on 3. Only 7 of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare have a lower share of adults who worry about having enough food than Lakeside Woods.
| Lakeside Woods | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 30% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7% | 9.7% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lakeside Woods | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.8% | 14.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.2% | 12.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.6% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Lakeside Woods
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lakeside Woods
About 4 of every 100 Lakeside Woods residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
100% of working residents leave Lakeside Woods for work
Where Lakeside Woods’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Lakeside Woods
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lakeside Woods, CT a good place to live?
Lakeside Woods has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.