Lakeside CityTX
A town of 1,307.
Is Lakeside City a good place to live?
The best of Lakeside City’s subject grades are an A for incomes and schools and an A− for the outdoors; the weakest is a D for walkability. Lakeside City’s median rent is $2,144 a month, where Texas’ towns sit at $1,208 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Lakeside City's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 96% of U.S. towns. Only 59 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score higher on the outdoors. Lakeside City has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,307 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Lakeside City grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Lakeside City is from typical.
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Moving to Lakeside City: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lakeside City, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lakeside City.
More than half of Lakeside City’s working residents commute to Wichita Falls
Most working residents leave Lakeside City for work: only 1% work in town. 2.4% of Lakeside City residents live below the poverty line, below both Texas’ towns (12%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The median household income in Lakeside City is $114,000.
| Lakeside City | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $114,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Texas overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (24% statewide); children under 18 are 33% of residents (25% statewide). 38% of Lakeside City adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Lakeside City has grown 21% since 2020, to 1,307 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Lakeside City | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 33% | 26% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 23% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 14% | 18% |
| Median age | 36.5 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 38% and 69% women
The Census survey reached too few of Lakeside City’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±15.2 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Lakeside City | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.8% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 18.8% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.9% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.8% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.2% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.1% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.5% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.6% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.6% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.6% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.2% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,300, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of Lakeside City are healthier than 68% of U.S. towns
Lakeside City beats the Texas average on 14 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 9.6% of adults worry about having enough food in Lakeside City.
| Lakeside City | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Lakeside City | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.4% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lakeside City has mild winters and hot summers
Lakeside City has mild winters and hot summers. Lakeside City’s July high is 97°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Lakeside City
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 2005, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lakeside City.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Lakeside City sells for about $397K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lakeside City
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lakeside City
About 3 of every 100 Lakeside City residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Lakeside City for work
Where Lakeside City’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lakeside City
Town in Texas, United States
Lakeside City is a town in Archer County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,082 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,004 ft
Questions about Lakeside City
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lakeside City, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $268,000, 9% below the Texas 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−.