Lake Land'OrVA
In Virginia, this town has 4,390 residents.
Is Lake Land'Or a good place to live?
A town of contrasts. Walkability is its weak spot. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. Schools are weaker too (C): its public schools trail just over two thirds of Virginia towns on state tests and graduation. Homes run about $302K for a typical one, 3.5 times the county’s $87K median household income. Its strongest is incomes: the median household earns $94K. The overall grade comes out at C+, 199th of 249 in Virginia. On that grade it does better than 36% of U.S. towns.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow.
100% of working residents leave Lake Land'Or for work
Where Lake Land'Or’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lake Land'Or grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Lake Land'Or is from typical.
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Moving to Lake Land'Or: who provides what
Lake Land'Or is unincorporated, so Caroline 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 Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Land'Or.
Lake Land'Or sends most of its workers to Richmond and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Virginia (mostly inland flooding).
A smaller share of working residents in Lake Land'Or work locally than in the typical Virginia or U.S. town
Lake Land'Or has 73 jobs for its 2,444 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.9 minutes, against 27.3 across Virginia.
The top destinations are Richmond (6%), Fredericksburg (5%) and Washington (2%). In Lake Land'Or, the average commute is 36 minutes, above both Virginia’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 3.4%. Half commute less than 30 miles.
| Lake Land'Or | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lake Land'Or keeps 0.3% of its land conserved
1.8 miles of trail. In Lake Land'Or, the concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile, below the Virginia town median (0.7) and near the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Lake Land'Or | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Lake Land'Or are healthier than 58% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Lake Land'Or, 40% have obesity. This Virginia town beats the Virginia average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 35% of adults in Lake Land'Or feel lonely; 39% sleep under 7 hours.
| Lake Land'Or | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 34% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lake Land'Or | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.5% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 73.7% | 76.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lake Land'Or has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of Virginia towns, with expected losses of about $312 per resident a year; that rating is what its B− for hazard risk is built on.
59% of Lake Land'Or’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 18%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Kings Dominion and 36 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Land'Or. Close and well known come first.
14 mi Theme parkKings Dominion
20 mi National MonumentGeorge Washington Birthplace National Monument72K visitors a year
34 mi LandmarkHollywood Cemetery
32 mi LandmarkRobert E. Lee Monument
34 mi MuseumWhite House of the Confederacy
33 mi Stadium & arenaRichmond ColiseumPhoto credits
Kings Dominion: Erechtheus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Hollywood Cemetery: Andrew Bain, Public domain · Robert E. Lee Monument: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White House of the Confederacy: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richmond Coliseum: Mentes at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Lake Land'Or
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lake Land'Or; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Lake Land'Or residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Lake Land'Or
Census-designated place in Virginia, United States
Lake Land'Or is a census-designated place in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lake Land'Or had a population of 4,555. It is a gated subdivision built around the eponymous man-made lake and numerous smaller lakes and ponds, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Ladysmith.
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- Area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 290 ft
Questions about Lake Land'Or
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Land'Or, VA a good place to live?
Lake Land'Or grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #199 of 249 in Virginia. It grades B for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Lake Land'Or, VA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.