Lacy-Lakeview is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 7,309 people and just one neighborhood, Lacy-Lakeview is the 311th largest community in Texas.
When you are in Lacy-Lakeview, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.19% of Lacy-Lakeview’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Lacy-Lakeview is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lacy-Lakeview who work in sales jobs (11.05%), office and administrative support (10.67%), and healthcare suport services (7.89%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.33% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Lacy-Lakeview is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Lacy-Lakeview are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.77% of adults in Lacy-Lakeview have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Lacy-Lakeview in 2022 was $26,989, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,956 for a family of four. However, Lacy-Lakeview contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lacy-Lakeview is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lacy-Lakeview home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lacy-Lakeview residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lacy-Lakeview also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.31% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lacy-Lakeview include German, English, Irish, African, and Danish.
The most common language spoken in Lacy-Lakeview is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Lacy-Lakeview, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Danish ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Lacy-Lakeview are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 34.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.6%), and 15.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 75.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (20.5%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Lacy-Lakeview, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (24.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.1%), and residents who report German roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (5.1%), along with some African ancestry residents (5.1%), among others. In addition, 12.6% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.