Lacey

Population & Demographics

Lacey, WA

Lacey is home to 57,737 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 22,957 resident workers commute each day.

WashingtonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
57,737
people
Population

57,737 residents

Median age 37.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Lacey population & demographics

Who lives in Lacey — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
57,737
Median age
37.3yrs
Median household income
$90,625
Median home value
$457,100
Median gross rent
$1,870/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
34.1%
Poverty rate
11.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Lacey

How Lacey breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White63.3%
Hispanic or Latino11.4%
Asian9.2%
Two or more races7.5%
Black5.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Some other race0.5%

Race across Lacey

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Lacey.

Lacey at a glance
Employed Residents
22,957
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
15.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
17.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
16.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Olympia
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Lacey proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Lacey commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

56
Commute Score

56 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Lacey

22,957 commutes, one dot at a time

Lacey

Where 22,957 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Lacey, by worker count.

1Olympia4.6 mi4,938
2Lacey0.0 mi4,070
3Tumwater5.7 mi1,704
4Seattle46.3 mi1,531
5Tacoma21.5 mi1,195
6Lakewood15.7 mi531
7Bellevue49.2 mi365
8Kent36.7 mi288

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Lacey.

1Lacey0.0 mi4,070
2Olympia4.6 mi2,619
3Tacoma21.5 mi1,244
4Tumwater5.7 mi1,087
5Seattle46.3 mi620
6Lakewood15.7 mi454
7Tanglewilde1.5 mi358
8Kent36.7 mi327

Top industries

The sectors that employ Lacey’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance28.8%
EDEducational Services12.1%
RTRetail Trade9.6%
PAPublic Administration8.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing5.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.0%
COConstruction3.7%
WSWholesale Trade3.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Lacey

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps83%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Lacey

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