Lacey is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 31,107 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Lacey is the 30th largest community in Washington.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lacey is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lacey is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lacey who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.58%), sales jobs (9.36%), and management occupations (6.98%).

Also of interest is that Lacey has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Lacey is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Lacey, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

One of the nice things about Lacey is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Lacey Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Lacey is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 26.90% of adults in Lacey have a college degree.

The per capita income in Lacey in 2000 was $20,224, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,896 for a family of four.

Lacey is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lacey home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lacey is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lacey include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, European, Scottish, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Lacey is English. Some people also speak Spanish.