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Lacy-Lakeview, TX

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Overview


Lacy-Lakeview is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 7,293 people and just one neighborhood, Lacy-Lakeview is the 311th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Lacy-Lakeview is a blue-collar town, with 38.21% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. 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 office and administrative support (10.14%), sales jobs (8.97%), and healthcare suport services (6.96%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.37% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small city, Lacy-Lakeview doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Lacy-Lakeview are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.87% of adults in Lacy-Lakeview have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Lacy-Lakeview in 2018 was $27,088, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,352 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 25.77% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lacy-Lakeview include German, Irish, English, African, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Lacy-Lakeview is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Lacy-Lakeview are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 46.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 34.9% 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 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.8%), and 15.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 83.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (14.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 (18.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (5.0%), along with some African ancestry residents (5.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.8%) 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 (6.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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