Best PlacesLakeland Village, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lakeland Village, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lakeland Village ranks 27,960th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lakeland Village
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Lakeland Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lakeland Village ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 248 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
Where Lakeland Village ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute42.3 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lakeland Village
A household needs to earn about $127,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lakeland Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,527, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Lakeland Village's effective rate of 0.74%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lakeland Village
Lakeland Village runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lakeland Village.
Who works in Lakeland Village, and how
Work in Lakeland Village centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lakeland Village
The coast is about 39 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lakeland Village, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lakeland Village, month by month
Lakeland Village sees roughly 248 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 47. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 47° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 51° |
| July | 89° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 85° | 68° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Lakeland Village
John Wayne/Orange County sits about 29 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 80 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lakeland Village
Schools across Lakeland Village average a C, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- William Collier ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Withrow ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Lakeland VillageD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- David A. Brown MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Terra Cotta MiddleF · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakeside HighA · 70% proficient
- Elsinore HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lakeland Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lakeland Village measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Lakeland Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lakeland Village
Is Lakeland Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lakeland Village ranks 27,960th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, big-city access, and fast internet, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lakeland Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $490,754. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $87,527 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Lakeland Village safe?
Yes, Lakeland Village is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Lakeland Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lakeland Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lakeland Village represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Lakeland Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lakeland Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lakeland Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lakeland Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lakeland Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lakeland Village detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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