Lacey, WA (Washington) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 40,702 (Urban population: 40,245, Rural population: 457 (all nonfarm))

Lacey, Washington Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 13,078 (12,371 occupied: 6,892 owner occupied, 5,479 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	44%
State:	35%

Housing density: 820 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $344,370.

Median contract rent in 2007: $788 (lower quartile is $688, upper quartile is $1,066)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $750

Median gross rent in Lacey, WA in 2007: $885

Housing units in Lacey with a mortgage: 4,554 (584 second mortgage, 345 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,141

Lacey,WA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $245,648 (it was $127,700 in 2000)

Lacey:	$245,648
Washington:	$300,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $199,130 - $306,943

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $272,421
Here: $272,421
State: $389,314

Townhouses or other attached units: $272,660
Here: $272,660
State: $335,498

In 2-unit structures: $186,817
Here: $186,817
State: $357,000

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $120,735
Here: $120,735
State: $300,953

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $205,002
Here: $205,002
State: $299,543

Mobile homes: $43,876
Here: $43,876
State: $80,529

Household type by relationship

Households: 30,634

In family households: 25,431 (5,966 male householders, 2,127 female householders)
6,446 spouses, 9,128 children (8,269 natural, 266 adopted, 593 stepchildren), 217 grandchildren, 212 brothers or sisters, 224 parents, 383 other relatives, 728 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,203 (1,685 male householders (1,312 living alone)), 2,573 female householders (2,254 living alone)), 945 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 473 (303 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,476 2-persons, 1,766 3-persons, 1,731 4-persons, 663 5-persons, 324 6-persons, 133 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,566 1-person, 542 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 19 5-persons.

5,476 married couples with children.
2,099 single-parent households (446 men, 1,653 women).

85.9% of residents of Lacey speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
7.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 2,919 (9.4%)
(55.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.2
State:	3.9

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lacey, Washington:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 63 3 rooms: 429 4 rooms: 585 5 rooms: 1,446 6 rooms: 1,841 7 rooms: 1,393 8 rooms: 781 9 or more rooms: 354

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lacey, Washington:
	1 room: 140 2 rooms: 469 3 rooms: 1,034 4 rooms: 1,582 5 rooms: 1,103 6 rooms: 805 7 rooms: 226 8 rooms: 102 9 or more rooms: 18

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 686
1995 to 1998: 1,972
1990 to 1994: 2,157
1980 to 1989: 2,529
1970 to 1979: 2,821
1960 to 1969: 1,879
1950 to 1959: 657
1940 to 1949: 180
1939 or earlier: 197

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lacey:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 236 2 bedrooms: 1,332 3 bedrooms: 4,131 4 bedrooms: 1,006 5 or more bedrooms: 187

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lacey:
	no bedroom: 176 1 bedroom: 1,404 2 bedrooms: 2,361 3 bedrooms: 1,305 4 bedrooms: 226 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Lacey in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 250 1 vehicle: 1,946 2 vehicles: 3,107 3 vehicles: 1,176 4 vehicles: 309 5 or more vehicles: 104

Cars and other vehicles available in Lacey in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 756 1 vehicle: 2,688 2 vehicles: 1,561 3 vehicles: 360 4 vehicles: 78 5 or more vehicles: 36

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Lacey, WA:

Less than $10,000: 36
$10,000 to $14,999: 18
$15,000 to $19,999: 30
$20,000 to $24,999: 98
$25,000 to $29,999: 94
$30,000 to $34,999: 81
$35,000 to $39,999: 66
$40,000 to $49,999: 56
$50,000 to $59,999: 31
$60,000 to $69,999: 39
$70,000 to $79,999: 59
$80,000 to $89,999: 64
$90,000 to $99,999: 71
$100,000 to $124,999: 158
$125,000 to $149,999: 205
$150,000 to $174,999: 379
$175,000 to $199,999: 869
$200,000 to $249,999: 2355
$250,000 to $299,999: 2251
$300,000 to $399,999: 1582
$400,000 to $499,999: 257
$500,000 to $749,999: 144
$750,000 to $999,999: 16
$1,000,000 or more: 23

Lacey rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Lacey:

Less than $100: 72 people
$100 to $149: 41
$150 to $199: 48
$200 to $249: 34
$250 to $299: 47
$300 to $349: 34
$350 to $399: 19
$400 to $449: 75
$450 to $499: 316
$500 to $549: 397
$550 to $599: 400
$600 to $649: 300
$650 to $699: 618
$700 to $749: 616
$750 to $799: 554
$800 to $899: 838
$900 to $999: 521
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,291
$1,250 to $1,499: 481
$1,500 to $1,999: 213
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 175

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 424 1990 to 1994: 526 1985 to 1989: 413 1980 to 1984: 420 1975 to 1979: 383 1970 to 1974: 176 1970 to 1974: 125 1965 to 1969: 452

Lacey, WA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 70.6%
Number of people working at home: 515 (3.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 400
5 to 9 minutes: 1300
10 to 14 minutes: 2391
15 to 19 minutes: 2730
20 to 24 minutes: 2473
25 to 29 minutes: 865
30 to 34 minutes: 1464
35 to 39 minutes: 268
40 to 44 minutes: 284
45 to 59 minutes: 695
60 to 89 minutes: 559
90 or more minutes: 472

Lacey mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 11,182 (78%)
Carpooled: 1,919 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 297 (2%)
Taxi: 9 (0%)
Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
Bicycle: 40 (0%)
Walked: 391 (3%)
Other means: 58 (0%)
Worked at home: 515 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 936
$10,000 to $14,999: 613
$15,000 to $19,999: 682
$20,000 to $24,999: 880
$25,000 to $29,999: 801
$30,000 to $34,999: 801
$35,000 to $39,999: 823
$40,000 to $44,999: 775
$45,000 to $49,999: 837
$50,000 to $59,999: 1344
$60,000 to $74,999: 1679
$75,000 to $99,999: 1252
$100,000 to $124,999: 593
$125,000 to $149,999: 149
$150,000 to $199,999: 109
$200,000 or more: 77

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 7155

German: 4185

English: 2256

Irish: 2002

United States or American: 1289

Norwegian: 1202

European: 818

Scottish: 734

Italian: 715

Scotch-Irish: 689

Swedish: 522

French (except Basque): 483

Polish: 348

Dutch: 347

British: 275

French Canadian: 235

Scandinavian: 230

Welsh: 187

Danish: 142

Finnish: 134

Russian: 125

Greek: 102

Canadian: 99

Portuguese: 86

African: 83

Subsaharan African:: 83

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 59

Swiss: 56

Northern European: 55

Hungarian: 44

Czech: 42

Croatian: 37

Jamaican: 37

Icelander: 33

Czechoslovakian: 31

Romanian: 27

Austrian: 27

Yugoslavian: 23

West Indian: 22

Slovak: 20

Arab:: 19

Lebanese: 19

Celtic: 19

Pennsylvania German: 16

Latvian: 14

Ukrainian: 14

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 12

Belgian: 10

Armenian: 9

Macedonian: 8

Lithuanian: 8

Luxemburger: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Vietnam (19%)
Korea (18%)
Philippines (11%)
Germany (10%)
Mexico (9%)
Canada (5%)
India (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 12503
Northeast: 1406
Midwest: 3645
South: 2998
West: 6605

41% of Lacey residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Washington.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 58
Nursery to 4th grade: 45
5th and 6th grade: 39
7th and 8th grade: 104
9th grade: 59
10th grade: 122
11th grade: 167
12th grade, no diploma: 346
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,846
Less than 1 year of college: 779
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,889
Associate degree: 834
Bachelor's degree: 1,663
Master's degree: 817
Professional school degree: 275
Doctorate degree: 89

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 120
Nursery to 4th grade: 50
5th and 6th grade: 104
7th and 8th grade: 135
9th grade: 151
10th grade: 225
11th grade: 238
12th grade, no diploma: 442
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,560
Less than 1 year of college: 1,268
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,298
Associate degree: 847
Bachelor's degree: 1,774
Master's degree: 579
Professional school degree: 137
Doctorate degree: 84

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 6.8%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 3.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 18.6%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 10.8%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.3%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.1%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 10.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 16.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 4.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 12.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.5%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $52,674
Black householders: $70,400
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $26,371
Asian householders: $87,810
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $92,116
Some other race householders: $55,335
Two or more races householders: $43,925
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $41,813

Lacey household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Lacey household income for Black householders

Lacey household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Lacey household income for Asian householders

Lacey household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Lacey household income for Some other race householders

Lacey household income for Two or more races householders

Lacey household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Lacey marital status for males

Lacey marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $254,111
Black or African American householders: $279,695
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $244,301
Asian householders: $267,000
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $316,822
Some other race householders: $225,449
Two or more races householders: $228,527
Hispanic or Latino householders: $252,188

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 7,604
One, attached: 680
Two: 529
3 or 4: 824
5 to 9: 722
10 to 19: 719
20 to 49: 346
50 or more: 726
Mobile homes: 928

Median worth of mobile homes: $43,155

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Lacey:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (67%) Electricity (29%) Wood (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (71%) Utility gas (27%) Wood (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 251

Here:	7.4%
Washington:	9.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 59

Here:	3.7%
Washington:	7.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 438

Here:	25.1%
Washington:	15.7%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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