Work & commute · Lacy-Lakeview

Work & commute in Lacy-Lakeview, TX

Most working residents leave Lacy-Lakeview for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (40%), Austin (4%) and Bellmead (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

157 of 3,078 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,921 Lacy-Lakeview residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 1,853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lacy-Lakeview.

2,921live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

1,853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lacy-Lakeview goes to work

Waco7.1 mi away

40%1,244

Lacy-Lakeview (in town)right here

5%157

Austin99.8 mi away

4%134

Bellmead2.3 mi away

3%103

Dallas82.7 mi away

3%99

Houston163.3 mi away

3%82

Woodway11.8 mi away

2%69

Temple40 mi away

2%66

Fort Worth80.8 mi away

2%64

Hewitt13.5 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,018

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lacy-Lakeview commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

44%

15%

37%

44%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lacy-Lakeview is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lacy-Lakeview are

2,010 jobs are based in Lacy-Lakeview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lacy-Lakeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lacy-Lakeview

2,010 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lacy-Lakeview residents hold

3,078 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+10%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.