About Lakebay

Lakebay is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,630 people and just one neighborhood, Lakebay is the 155th largest community in Washington.

Lakebay is a blue-collar town, with 38.6% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Lakebay is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lakebay who work in office and administrative support jobs (10.41%), sales jobs (8.63%), and food service (6.10%).

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Lakebay are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. This is certainly the case with Lakebay, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

One downside of living in Lakebay, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 50.53 minutes every day commuting to work.

Lakebay is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Lakebay isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.68% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Lakebay is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Lakebay Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Lakebay who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 20.40% of adults in Lakebay have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lakebay in 2000 was $21,536, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,144 for a family of four.

The people who call Lakebay home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lakebay is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Lakebay include English, German, Norwegian, Irish, French, Italian, Swedish, European, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish.

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