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Lakeside City is a small town of 1,234 people in Archer County, Texas. It's about 5 miles from Wichita Falls, TX and 125 miles from Dallas, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 97°F and winter highs 55°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $268k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,234people
$268kTypical home
$2,144/moRent
97° / 55°Summer / winter
3"Snow
283Sunny days
63Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,234
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,943 people per sq mi
- 125 mi to Dallas, TX
- 5 mi to Wichita Falls, TX
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $268k (≈$1,692/mo)
- Median rent $2,144/mo
- Median household income $114k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 97°F
- Winter highs around 55°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 283 sunny days a year (145 totally clear)
- 82 cloudy days a year
- 27 of 90 winter days are gray
- 63 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 29 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (101 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (169 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 43% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 11 mi to SPS airport
- 108 mi to DFW (major hub)
- 85 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 95% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 988 ft
- 348 mi to the ocean
- 89 mi to a big lake
- 62 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 41 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 68 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 24 bars within 25 mi
- 23 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 58 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 20% of Texas districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 79 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Archer County: R+79 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk