LakesideFL
A town of 32,105, settled in 1881. Public schools that outperform most of Florida.
Is Lakeside a good place to live?
Lakeside is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, ranked 160th of 634 in Florida, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 79% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $274K for a typical one and 3.4 times the Jacksonville metro’s $80K median household income. Lakeside’s January low is 44°F, below Florida’s towns (51°F) but above U.S. towns (22°F).
What makes Lakeside stand out
Where Lakeside beats most towns.
94% of working residents leave Lakeside for work
Where Lakeside’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lakeside grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Lakeside is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
EverBank Field and 36 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lakeside. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaEverBank Field
32 mi National MonumentCastillo de San Marcos National Monument598K visitors a year
15 mi Stadium & arenaVyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
23 mi National MemorialFort Caroline National Memorial369K visitors a year
15 mi MuseumUSS Orleck
15 mi TheatreDaily's PlacePhoto credits
EverBank Field: AndrewAvitus, CC BY 3.0 · Castillo de San Marcos National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena: Nichos (talk), Public domain · Fort Caroline National Memorial: NPS Photo, Public domain · USS Orleck: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Daily's Place: Itsbydesign, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Lakeside: who provides what
Lakeside is unincorporated, so Clay 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 Lakeside.
Lakeside has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Florida; it also has little public open land.
Lakeside earns an A− for schools
Its public schools are run by the Clay school district. Three of its 16 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Orange Park High School, with 1,844 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Junior High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 865 | A |
| Orange Park High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,844 | C |
| Lakeside Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 726 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
About half of Lakeside’s working residents commute to Jacksonville
Most working residents leave Lakeside for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Lakeside has added 733 jobs, to 7,074 in 2023. Lakeside’s average trip to work is 29 minutes.
| Lakeside | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.9% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lakeside has mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 43.7°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 82% of Florida places with climate records; July afternoons average 92°.
Lakeside has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Lakeside is 92°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Lakeside
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 164 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lakeside.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lakeside is less healthy than 52% of U.S. towns
Lakeside beats the Florida average on 5 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Lakeside.
| Lakeside | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Lakeside | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.9% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.5% | 16.8% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 18% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0% of Lakeside
Just 4 of its 9,981 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Lakeside itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Moody Avenue Park | 0.2 mi | 6 |
| 2. Poochies Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Miniature Acres Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Lakeside sells for about $306K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lakeside
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lakeside
About 6 of every 100 Lakeside residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About Lakeside
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Lakeside is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Clay County, Florida, United States. It is part of the greater Orange Park area and is included in the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 31,275 at the 2020 census, up from 30,943 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 16 sq mi
- Elevation
- 66 ft
- Area code
- 904
Lakeside’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Lakeside.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | #160 | B− | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Oakleaf Plantation | #197 | B− | D | — | A− | B+ |
| Orange Park | #89 | B | C+ | B− | A− | B− |
| Fleming Island | #32 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A |
| Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace | #151 | B− | C+ | — | A− | C |
Lakeside, Oakleaf Plantation, Fleming Island and Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lakeside with a neighbor →
Questions about Lakeside
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lakeside, FL a good place to live?
Lakeside grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #160 of 634 in Florida. It grades B− for health and A− for schools.
Is Lakeside, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $274,000, 27% below the Florida 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+.