Lake Arrowhead is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 12,401 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Lake Arrowhead is the 390th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Lake Arrowhead are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

There are many members of the armed forces living in Lake Arrowhead. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

Also of interest is that Lake Arrowhead has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 21.07% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Another notable thing is that Lake Arrowhead is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lake Arrowhead has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lake Arrowhead has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lake Arrowhead than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lake Arrowhead may be for you.

In Lake Arrowhead, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.65 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Lake Arrowhead is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The population of Lake Arrowhead is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.90% of adults in Lake Arrowhead have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lake Arrowhead in 2022 was $51,594, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $206,376 for a family of four. However, Lake Arrowhead contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lake Arrowhead is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lake Arrowhead home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Arrowhead residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lake Arrowhead also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.42% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Arrowhead include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Lake Arrowhead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.