Lacy-LakeviewTX
A town of 7,240.
Is Lacy-Lakeview a good place to live?
Lacy-Lakeview earns a D, 549th among Texas's 640 graded towns, mostly because of schools and health. Its public schools trail 89% of Texas towns on state tests and graduation. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 84% of the country. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. Lacy-Lakeview's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 98% of U.S. towns. Lacy-Lakeview’s violent crime rate is 4.8 per 1,000 residents, where Texas’ towns sit at 1.9 and U.S. towns at 1.6. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns.
What makes Lacy-Lakeview stand out
Where Lacy-Lakeview beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Lacy-Lakeview for work
Where Lacy-Lakeview’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lacy-Lakeview grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Lacy-Lakeview is from typical.
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Moving to Lacy-Lakeview: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lacy-Lakeview, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lacy-Lakeview.
Lacy-Lakeview carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Texas (mostly tornadoes) and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns.
For schools, Lacy-Lakeview earns a D
Its public schools are run by Connally ISD. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Connally High School, with 614 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connally J HLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 553 | C− |
| Connally High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 614 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
For health, Lacy-Lakeview earns a C−
27% of adults worry about having enough food in Lacy-Lakeview. Lacy-Lakeview beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 19% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Lacy-Lakeview.
| Lacy-Lakeview | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lacy-Lakeview | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.8% | 12.5% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 15.8% | 10.7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 27.3% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Lacy-Lakeview, with tornadoes at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 92% of Texas towns; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Lacy-Lakeview’s FEMA risk score is 13 of 100. Since 1980, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lacy-Lakeview.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Lacy-Lakeview are worth about $189K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Lacy-Lakeview home is worth about $189,000, about the same as a year ago, 36% below the Texas typical home. 44% of Lacy-Lakeview households own their home.
| Lacy-Lakeview | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 44% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $917 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Crime per resident in Lacy-Lakeview is higher than in 75% of U.S. towns
The property crime rate in Lacy-Lakeview is 15.1 per 1,000 residents.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
About two in five of Lacy-Lakeview’s working residents commute to Waco
Most working residents leave Lacy-Lakeview for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Lacy-Lakeview has added 188 jobs, to 2,010 in 2023. The top destinations are Waco (40%), Austin (4%) and Bellmead (3%).
| Lacy-Lakeview | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $57,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Lacy-Lakeview
The Waco Rgnl Ap weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 115 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.2°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 36.7°.
Lacy-Lakeview has mild winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Lacy-Lakeview | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 37°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Lacy-Lakeview | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Live Oak Park | 0.2 mi | 10 |
| 2. Veterans Memorial Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
McLane Stadium and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lacy-Lakeview. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Stadium & arenaMcLane Stadium
5 mi MuseumTexas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
4 mi National MonumentWaco Mammoth National Monument92K visitors a year
5 mi Zoo & aquariumCameron Park Zoo
6 mi MuseumMayborn Museum ComplexPhoto credits
McLane Stadium: Djyueng, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum: Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Waco Mammoth National Monument: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Cameron Park Zoo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Mayborn Museum Complex: User:Aboxorocks, Public domain
Everything we know about Lacy-Lakeview
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lacy-Lakeview
About 5 of every 100 Lacy-Lakeview residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Lacy-Lakeview
City in Texas, United States
Lacy Lakeview is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,988 at the 2020 census. The city's name is sometimes spelled with a hyphen (as Lacy-Lakeview), but the official spelling omits the hyphen.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.8 sq mi
Lacy-Lakeview’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Lacy-Lakeview.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacy-Lakeview | #549 | D | B | C | D | C− |
| Bellmead | #589 | D− | C+ | D | C | D |
| Waco | #588 | D− | D | C− | C | C− |
Questions about Lacy-Lakeview
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lacy-Lakeview, TX a good place to live?
Lacy-Lakeview grades D overall, better than 6% of U.S. towns and #549 of 640 in Texas. It grades C− for health, C for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Lacy-Lakeview, TX expensive?
That is 2.9 years of the area's median household income ($66,205 across the Waco, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.