K0M vs L0K

Ontario

This page does not pick a winner. Every row shows two measurements and the gap between them. There is no score, no tally of which area “wins” more categories, and no overall result — those would be a rating of two places and the people who live in them, assembled by the layout.

Both areas are forward sortation areas, and every figure describes the whole of one. Crime is not shown here: it is reported at the metropolitan level, so for two areas in the same city it is usually the same number twice. It is on each area’s own page, with the geography it describes.

Selected 2021 Census figures for K0M and L0K, with the national figure for scale. The last column states the gap between the two areas as a direction and a size, never as a preference.
Measure	K0M	L0K	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$80,000	$88,000	$84,000	K0M is 9% lower than L0K
Median after-tax income	$71,000	$77,500	$73,000	K0M is 8% lower than L0K
Median age	56.8	50.8	41.6	K0M is 12% higher than L0K
Unemployment rate	11%	11.9%	10.3%	K0M is 8% lower than L0K
Low income (LIM-AT)	10.8%	8.6%	11.1%	K0M is 26% higher than L0K
Average household size	2.2	2.4	2.4	K0M is 8% lower than L0K

How each area sits against the city or province around it — a different geography on each side, named in every cell. Read down a column, not across: the two columns are measured against different places and a bigger gap in one says nothing about the other.
Measure	K0M	L0K
Median household income	about the same as Kawartha Lakes	about the same as Ontario
Median after-tax income	about the same as Kawartha Lakes	about the same as Ontario
Median age	10% higher than Kawartha Lakes	22% higher than Ontario
Unemployment rate	about the same as Kawartha Lakes	about the same as Ontario
Low income (LIM-AT)	6% higher than Kawartha Lakes	15% lower than Ontario
Average household size	8% lower than Kawartha Lakes	8% lower than Ontario

K0M is measured against Kawartha Lakes, the metropolitan area holding 66% of its residents.
L0K is measured against Ontario: the nearest metropolitan area, Kawartha Lakes, holds 3% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	K0M	L0K
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	53,815	38,386
Private dwellings	37,422	22,207
Land area	5,513 km²	1,721 km²

Share of each area’s residents with an amenity within reach, weighted by where people live. A blank is a coverage fact, not a zero.
Amenity	Within	K0M	L0K
Grocery store	1 km walk	21%	28%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	23%	33%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	9%	15%
Child care	1.5 km walk	24%	42%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	10%	25%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	14%	27%
Library	1.5 km walk	20%	31%
Health care	3 km drive	53%	71%
Employment	10 km drive	100%	100%

These measure how close an amenity is, never its quality. A school 500 m away is a school 500 m away — nothing here says anything about the school itself.
The proximity index is scaled against all of Canada, where 1 is the single most well-served block in the country and the national average is close to zero. It is useful for comparing places and misleading as a score.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either K0M or L0K. The survey covers centres of 10,000 people and up, so there is nothing published for either area.

The air quality index is a reading at the nearest station, which may be far away — the distance is shown because it decides whether the reading describes the area at all. Facility counts are reported releases within 10 km.
Measure	K0M	L0K
Nearest AQHI station	Peterborough · 50 km	Barrie · 35 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1.03 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	6	25
Reported releases to air	667 t	1,059 t

K0M: Measured at Peterborough, 50 km from K0M. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
L0K: Measured at Barrie, 35 km from L0K. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.

This page carries the figures the two areas can be set against each other on. Each area’s own page has the rest — including crime, the boundary map, and every source note and caveat in full.

K0M in full · L0K in full

Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Each figure describes a whole forward sortation area. Amenity, rent and air figures carry their own sources and vintages on the area pages.