Lacey vs Olympia

A side-by-side comparison of Lacey and Olympia: population, income, housing, and more.

Lacey and Olympia are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lacey has the higher population (57,088 vs 55,583 in Olympia). Lacey has the higher median household income ($87,277 vs $76,930 in Olympia). Olympia has the higher median home value ($457,900 vs $427,900 in Lacey).

Population, income & housing

	Lacey	Olympia
Population	57,088	55,583
Median age	37.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,277	$76,930
Median home value	$427,900	$457,900
Median gross rent	$1,805	$1,509
Housing units	24,199	26,432
Homeownership rate	57.2%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacey	Olympia
Population	49,248 → 57,088 (+15.9%)	51,534 → 55,583 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$67,687 → $87,277 (+28.9%)	$59,878 → $76,930 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$262,500 → $427,900 (+63.0%)	$297,200 → $457,900 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,805 (+35.4%)	$1,145 → $1,509 (+31.8%)

Lacey

Population

49,24857,088

Median household income

$67,687$87,277

Median home value

$262,500$427,900

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,805

Olympia

Population

51,53455,583

Median household income

$59,878$76,930

Median home value

$297,200$457,900

Median gross rent

$1,145$1,509

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacey	Olympia
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.9%
75 and over	8.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacey	Olympia
White (non-Hispanic)	61.4%	71.5%
Black or African American	5.9%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	9.9%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.9%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.6%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacey	Olympia
No high school diploma	6.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	23.3%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacey	Olympia
Drove alone	70.3%	62.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.0%
Public transit	2.4%	2.5%
Walked	1.7%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	20.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacey	Olympia
1-unit, detached	61.0%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	14.7%
20 or more units	10.5%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Lacey	Olympia
Poverty rate	11.0%	14.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1996	1981