Laceys Spring is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 5,982 people and two associated neighborhoods, Laceys Spring is the 107th largest community in Alabama. Laceys Spring real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Laceys Spring house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Laceys Spring is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Laceys Spring is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Laceys Spring who work in architecture and engineering (10.92%), teaching (10.53%), and computer science and math (10.21%). Also of interest is that Laceys Spring has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.58% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Laceys Spring has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Laceys Spring a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Laceys Spring, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.66 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Laceys Spring does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Laceys Spring citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.38% of adults in Laceys Spring have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Laceys Spring in 2022 was $40,015, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,060 for a family of four. However, Laceys Spring contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Laceys Spring is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Laceys Spring home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Laceys Spring residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Laceys Spring include English, Irish, European, Romanian, and German. The most common language spoken in Laceys Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
