LakesidePA
Home to 96 people, the town was settled in 1895.
Is Lakeside a good place to live?
Of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare, none has a higher owner-occupancy rate than Lakeside. Lakeside has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lakeside.
Lakeside has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The top destinations are New Milford Township (6%), Binghamton (5%) and Dunmore (5%). In Lakeside, the typical journey to work is 34 minutes, against 26 minutes in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Lakeside: 3.1% of residents live below the poverty line. Half commute less than 28 miles.
| Lakeside | Typical Pennsylvania town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $119,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lakeside faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA puts nearly four fifths of Lakeside’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 7% to hurricanes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Lakeside
In Lakeside, the typical July afternoon high is 80°F, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (85°F) and U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Lakeside
Lake Wallenpaupack and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lakeside. Close and well known come first.
38 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
31 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year11 mi Ski areaElk Mountain Ski Resort28 runs · 908 ft vertical
21 mi Stadium & arenaBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena35 mi Theme parkRocky Glen Park
35 mi Ski areaMontage Mountain Ski Area25 runs · 998 ft verticalPhoto credits
Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena: Bmoore2009 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Montage Mountain Ski Area: Montage Mountain Resorts, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Lakeside: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lakeside, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Lakeside for work
Where Lakeside’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lakeside; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Lakeside residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Lakeside
Place in Pennsylvania, United States
Lakeside, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in New Milford Township, Susquehanna County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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