LakesideTX
A town of 1,588.
Is Lakeside a good place to live?
Lakeside’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for safety; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. On safety, just 50 of Texas’ 576 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Only 3 of the 489 Texas towns we compare have a lower property crime rate than Lakeside. Lakeside's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 96% of U.S. towns. Lakeside has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lakeside stand out
Where Lakeside beats most towns.
Lakeside has grown 21% since 2010
1,307 counted in 2010 and 1,649 in 2020; an estimated 1,588 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Lakeside grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Lakeside is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
AT&T Stadium and 57 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lakeside. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
24 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
24 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaAmon G. Carter StadiumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Amon G. Carter Stadium: Michael Barera, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lakeside.
Violent crime in Lakeside is lower than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
Lakeside’s violent crime rate is 0 per 1,000 residents, where Texas’ towns sit at 1.9 and U.S. towns at 1.6. Lakeside reports less crime per resident than 83% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Lakeside stands out in Texas and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
0.3% of Lakeside working residents work locally, below both Texas’ towns (8.3%) and U.S. towns (8%). Lakeside’s average trip to work is 34 minutes. The top destinations are Fort Worth (44%), Dallas (6%) and White Settlement (4%).
| Lakeside | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 19% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $112,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Lakeside is healthier than 68% of U.S. towns
Lakeside beats the Texas average on 15 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 30% of adults have obesity in Lakeside.
| Lakeside | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lakeside | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.8% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A typical Lakeside home is worth about $367K
The typical Lakeside home is worth about $367,000, about the same as a year ago, 24% above the Texas typical home. The median rent in Lakeside is $1,708 a month.
| Lakeside | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,708 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lakeside has mild winters and hot summers
Lakeside has mild winters and hot summers. July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 34° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Texas overall
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (13% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (24% statewide). Lakeside has lost 3.8% of its people since 2020, down to 1,588 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Lakeside | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.2 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Lakeside | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.7% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.3% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.1% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.3% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.9% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.4% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.5% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.5% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.7% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 31.2% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.4% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.4% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.7% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lakeside Courts | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lakeside faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Lakeside
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Lakeside
About 3 of every 100 Lakeside residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Lakeside for work
Where Lakeside’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lakeside
Place in Texas, United States
Lakeside is a town in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,649 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 692 ft
Lakeside’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lakeside.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | — | — | C− | A− | B | B+ |
| Fort Worth | #554 | D | C− | D | D | C+ |
Lakeside has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Lakeside with a neighbor →
Questions about Lakeside
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lakeside, TX expensive?
Yes. That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($90,275 across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.