City safety & data profile

LaceyWA

Lacey, WA is a 46K-resident city in Thurston County with a median household income of $90,625.

Thurston County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lacey, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lacey has a population larger than 77% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $457,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-16
46K
Population (place)
Top 23%
By size
$90,625
Median income (place)
$457,100
Median home (place)
11.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lacey

Lacey posts a median household income higher than 61% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Lacey area.

Top 39%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Lacey

Composite score · Lacey, WA

53/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024

A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Household income C
$90,625

Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Bachelor's+ share C-
34.1%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Violent crime C-
291 /100k

FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.

Poverty rate D
11.6%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Lacey in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).

Where Lacey income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$90,625 Top 39% higher than 61% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lacey $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Population ranking: WA

Population among 109 WA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Seattle is the largest WA city on this list; Sammamish leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WA

Median household income among the same 109-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Sammamish leads this pool on median income; Seattle is the population leader instead.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lacey, WA beyond the headline numbers

Lacey sits inside Thurston County, Washington, at roughly 47.03°N, -122.82°W. Population 46,409, $90,625 median household income. Median home value $457,100, median rent $1,870. Poverty rate 11.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Lacey, 0 with an ER. Climate: 50.5°F annual average, 50.8" precipitation.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.4% in Lacey, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

$1,870/month is the median rent in Lacey, WA, placing it in the priciest quarter of reporting cities; housing cost is doing real work against the household budget here.

A median home in Lacey runs about 5.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

16.9% of Lacey workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Unemployment in Lacey sits at 4.5%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.

Poverty in Lacey, WA stands at 11.6%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

34.1% of Lacey adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lacey from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024

County-level trend (Thurston County): Lacey's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
299K+17%
Median Income
$96,563+55%
Median Home Value
$480,300+96%
Poverty Rate
9.5%-19%
Unemployment
4.9%-46%

Economics

The clearest outlier in Lacey's numbers is median rent: $1,870/mo, which is 22% above what's typical across the tracked-city set. Poverty rate also diverges: 11.6%, 6% below average.

Economics indicators for Lacey, WA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,870/mo
Poverty Rate
11.6% -6% vs avg
Unemployment 4.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.1%
Work From Home 16.9%
Public Transit 1.8%

Population

White 67.1%
African American 5.9%
Asian 9.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 6.3%

Health at a Glance 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35.5%
High Blood Pressure
33.6%
Obesity
31.1%
Physical Inactivity
18.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.7%
Binge Drinking
14.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.6%
Current Asthma
11.4%
Current Smoking
10.4%
Diabetes
10.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.8%
Annual Checkup 68.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.7%
Stroke
3.1%

Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Avg Temperature
51°F
Annual Rainfall
50.8"
Hot Months (>80°F)
0
Cold Months (<40°F)
2
46°
33°
Jan
7.8"
49°
32°
Feb
5.1"
54°
35°
Mar
5.7"
59°
38°
Apr
3.7"
66°
43°
May
2.3"
71°
47°
Jun
1.5"
78°
51°
Jul
0.5"
78°
51°
Aug
1.0"
72°
46°
Sep
2.0"
60°
41°
Oct
5.1"
51°
36°
Nov
8.2"
45°
33°
Dec
7.9"

Cost of Living

BEA 2024
103.7 Regional Price Parity

3.7% above national average

US avg
103.7

Metro area: Olympia-Tumwater, WA (MSA)

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.

Flood Claims on Record

FEMA NFIP, county-level
71
Claims filed
$2.0M
Total paid out
A
Most common flood zone

Thurston County has recorded 71 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $2.0M in payouts since 2016.

1 claims trace back to 2025-12-AtmosphericRiver, the biggest named event in the county's flood-claim history.

Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.

What alerts and safety updates affect Lacey?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lacey right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WA-LACEY · Lacey

Lacey: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lacey; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Washington state hubs · Methodology

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Common Questions 9

What is the population of Lacey, WA? ▼
Lacey, WA has a population of 46,409 people, located in Thurston County, Washington.
What is the median household income in Lacey? ▼
The median household income in Lacey, WA is $90,625 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.6%.
What is the median home value in Lacey? ▼
The median home value in Lacey, WA is $457,100. Median rent is $1,870/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lacey? ▼
The top health indicators in Lacey include Short Sleep Duration (35.5%), High Blood Pressure (33.6%), Obesity (31.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Lacey? ▼
Lacey has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Lacey? ▼
The median age in Lacey, WA is 37.3 years. 34.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What is the climate like in Lacey? ▼
Lacey has an average annual temperature of 50.5°F and 50.8" of annual precipitation.
What is the cost of living in Lacey? ▼
The regional price parity for Lacey is 103.67, meaning prices are 3.7% above the national average.
How many flood insurance claims has Thurston County filed? ▼
Thurston County, Washington has recorded 71 NFIP flood insurance claims since 2016, totaling $2.0M in payouts. This is county-level data: FEMA does not attribute individual claims to a specific city.

Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lacey, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (11.6% here).

Tamiami, FL 11.6% Woodlawn, MD 11.6% Portage, IN 11.6% Fremont, NE 11.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($90,625 here).

Brunswick, OH $90,663 West Fargo, ND $90,665 Longmont, CO $90,671 Bound Brook, NJ $90,571

Compare Lacey with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

In the Area 8

Olympia, WA 56K Tumwater, WA 19K Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA 11K Artondale, WA 13K Lakewood, WA 60K University Place, WA 33K Centralia, WA 17K Spanaway, WA 27K
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Using Lacey's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lacey area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
  • Compare Lacey against Washington peers on any ranking lens. Explore Washington

U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Thurston County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.