Waco draws about two in five of Lacy-Lakeview’s working residents
Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Lacy-Lakeview is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 5% stay in Lacy-Lakeview for work; outside it, Waco is the main destination (40%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lacy-Lakeview, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Lacy-Lakeview gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Lacy-Lakeview’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,924, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lacy-Lakeview could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How far it is to work from Lacy-Lakeview
About 37% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Lacy-Lakeview
On a workday 2,921 residents head out to work, 157 work right here, and 1,853 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Lacy-Lakeview on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Lacy-Lakeview goes to work
Where Lacy-Lakeview clocks in
4% 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.
30% of the jobs in Lacy-Lakeview make or build things
2,010 jobs are based in Lacy-Lakeview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lacy-Lakeview, 2013 → 2023: 1,822 → 2,010. 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 Lacy-Lakeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lacy-Lakeview, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lacy-Lakeview workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,455 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
In Lacy-Lakeview, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,868 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.9% of Lacy-Lakeview households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lacy-Lakeview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,122 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800, Lacy-Lakeview comes 2,283rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,281 | Chestertown MD | 5,658 | $54K | 11.6% | 3.8% | 35% | C |
| 2,282 | Madison SD | 6,065 | $66K | 9.5% | 4.4% | 48% | C |
| 2,283 | Lacy-Lakeview TX | 7,240 | $57K | 13.1% | 5.8% | 5% | C |
| 2,284 | Washington IA | 7,261 | $55K | 12.8% | 3.3% | 31% | C |
| 2,285 | Miles City MT | 8,450 | $68K | 11.4% | 3.9% | 58% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lacy-Lakeview, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 43% of Lacy-Lakeview
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lacy-Lakeview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacy-Lakeview | – | C | C− | 28 min | $56,924 |
| Bellmead | 3% | C+ | C | 23 min | $52,075 |
| Waco | 40% | C | B+ | 19 min | $54,365 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Waco. Darker towns draw more of Lacy-Lakeview’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Lacy-Lakeview: questions
What is the median household income in Lacy-Lakeview?
$56,924 (±$6,912) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lacy-Lakeview?
13.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lacy-Lakeview?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lacy-Lakeview work?
5% work in town.
Is Lacy-Lakeview walkable?
Lacy-Lakeview is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lacy-Lakeview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lacy-Lakeview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lacy-Lakeview
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.