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.Unlike some towns, Laceys Spring isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Laceys Spring are a mix 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. A relatively large number of people in Laceys Spring telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.58% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. One downside of living in Laceys Spring, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.66 minutes every day commuting to work. Laceys Spring is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Laceys Spring is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.38% of adults in Laceys Spring have a college 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.
