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.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, 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.58% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Laceys Spring has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Laceys Spring has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Laceys Spring than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Laceys Spring may be for you. 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.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.
