Lake Mack-Forest HillsFL
It is a town of 2,200 residents in Florida.
Is Lake Mack-Forest Hills a good place to live?
The best of Lake Mack-Forest Hills’ subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for incomes. On incomes, just 2 of Florida’s 774 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Only 5 of Florida’s 774 towns score higher on cost of living. 66% of the land in Lake Mack-Forest Hills is conserved, against 3% in Florida’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park, at 885 acres. Lake Mack-Forest Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lake Mack-Forest Hills stand out
Where Lake Mack-Forest Hills beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Lake Mack-Forest Hills | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 20.6% | 12.4% |
100% of working residents leave Lake Mack-Forest Hills for work
Where Lake Mack-Forest Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lake Mack-Forest Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Lake Mack-Forest Hills is from typical.
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Moving to Lake Mack-Forest Hills: who provides what
Lake Mack-Forest Hills is unincorporated, so Lake 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 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Mack-Forest Hills.
Protected land: nearly a third of Lake Mack-Forest Hills
Walkers can cover 2.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. For Lake Mack-Forest Hills, the concentration of trails is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park | — | 885 |
| 2. Seminole State Forest | 0.1 mi | 446 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lake Mack-Forest Hills is less healthy than nine in ten U.S. towns
39% of adults have obesity in Lake Mack-Forest Hills. Among adults locally, 19% report frequent physical distress and 27% say their health is fair or poor.
| Lake Mack-Forest Hills | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 20% | 19% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Lake Mack-Forest Hills | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 20.6% | 12.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.3% | 7.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.3% | 12.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards: high risk in Lake Mack-Forest Hills, mostly inland flooding
Flood insurance has paid out on 3 claims in Lake Mack-Forest Hills since 2020. On expected storm and flood damage, Lake Mack-Forest Hills sits above nearly four fifths of U.S. communities. 56% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 15%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake Mack-Forest Hills’ workers commute out
For half of commuters, work is under 26 miles away. In Lake Mack-Forest Hills, a fifth of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are DeLand (13%), Orlando (7%) and Sanford (4%). The average trip to work locally is 23 minutes.
| Lake Mack-Forest Hills | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Lake Mack-Forest Hills, expect mild winters and hot summers
Lake Mack-Forest Hills’ peak summer temperature is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Universal Studios Florida and 51 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Mack-Forest Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Theme parkUniversal Studios Florida9.5M visitors a year
Big draw39 mi Theme parkUniversal Epic Universe
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaCamping World Stadium
Big draw37 mi Theme parkUniversal's Islands of Adventure9.5M visitors a year
32 mi Stadium & arenaKia Center
30 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Bounce HousePhoto credits
Universal Studios Florida: Radiobroadcastcenter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Universal Epic Universe: Martin Lewison, CC BY 2.0 · Camping World Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Universal's Islands of Adventure: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Kia Center: 350z33 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Acrisure Bounce House: DampFrijoles, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Lake Mack-Forest Hills
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Mack-Forest Hills
About 3 of every 100 Lake Mack-Forest Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Questions about Lake Mack-Forest Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Mack-Forest Hills, FL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.