Champ Grubbs House · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0Lacey has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole. Lacey has 12 jobs, and 71 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Lacey itself; outside it, Monticello draws the most (32%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lacey on a workday afternoon
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Lacey ends
Where Lacey clocks in
32% of workers
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Lacey: what the 12 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lacey, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 12. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lacey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lacey
of Lacey workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 169 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Lacey commutes less than 19 miles
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lacey: questions
What is the median household income in Lacey?
$63,099 (±$59,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lacey?
52.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lacey work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monticello (32%, 12 mi), Pine Bluff (6%, 54 mi), Little Rock (6%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lacey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lacey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lacey
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.