Laceys Spring is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 6,016 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.Laceys Spring is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Laceys Spring is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Laceys Spring who work in sales jobs (11.59%), teaching (11.18%), and computer science and math (10.18%). 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: 12.29% 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 34.11 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Laceys Spring doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The overall education level of Laceys Spring is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.18% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Laceys Spring in 2022 was $40,995, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,980 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, German, European, and Romanian. The most common language spoken in Laceys Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
