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Lacey, WA

52,572 Population
18.4 square miles 2,850.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,112 ±$1,553 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: $38,989 ±$612
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $43,817 ±$204
$75,059 ±$5,970 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: $81,501 ±$1,570
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $82,400 ±$397

9.6% ±1.5% (4,928  ±751) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 9.7% 27,918 (±0.6% / ±1,775)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 10% 746,904 (±0.2% / ±11,668)

26.1 minutes ±1.4 (577,820  ±37,360) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 27.4 3,287,070 (±0.5 / ±76,657)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 27.7 88,785,350 (±0.1 / ±382,269)

Families

20,984 ±599 Number of households
  • the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 114,556 ±685
  • Washington: 2,931,841 ±4,588
2.5 ±0.1 (51,652  ±250) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 2.5 287,192 (±0 / ±385)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,474,395

2.7% ±1.1% (363  ±141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 4.7% † 3,180 (±0.6% / ±422)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 5.4% 96,266 (±0.2% / ±2,614)

Housing

21,802 ±644 Number of housing units
  • the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 120,086 ±173
  • Washington: 3,170,695 ±762

$310,600 ±$13,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: $344,700 ±$3,987
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $397,600 ±$1,249

17.7% ±2.2% (9,209  ±1,145.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 17% 48,900 (±1% / ±2,750.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 16.4% 1,238,781 (±0.2% / ±14,894.9)

Social

93.7% ±3.7% (33,733  ±1,527.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 94.2% 193,221 (±1.7% / ±3,423.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 91.9% 4,852,151 (±0.3% / ±16,184.2)
32.9% ±2.3% (11,840  ±874.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 36.2% 74,242 (±1% / ±2,142.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 37.3% 1,968,008 (±0.2% / ±9,649)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.2% ±1.6% (6,405  ±859) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 8.4% 24,504 (±0.5% / ±1,352)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.7% 1,116,529 (±0.1% / ±9,623)

16.2% ±1.4% (6,302  ±563) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area: 12.9% 28,785 (±0.5% / ±1,216)
  • nearly double the rate in Washington: 8.7% 509,722 (±0.1% / ±4,952)
6,302 Total veterans ±563 5,407 Male ±514 895 Female ±256

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