Lacey vs Rochester

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

Lacey and Rochester 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 6,025 in Rochester). Rochester has the higher median household income ($94,754 vs $87,277 in Lacey). Lacey has the higher median home value ($427,900 vs $391,600 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Lacey	Rochester
Population	57,088	6,025
Median age	37.7 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,277	$94,754
Median home value	$427,900	$391,600
Median gross rent	$1,805	$1,182
Housing units	24,199	2,042
Homeownership rate	57.2%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacey	Rochester
Population	49,248 → 57,088 (+15.9%)	3,126 → 6,025 (+92.7%)
Median household income	$67,687 → $87,277 (+28.9%)	$84,766 → $94,754 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$262,500 → $427,900 (+63.0%)	$245,300 → $391,600 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,805 (+35.4%)	$1,244 → $1,182 (-5.0%)

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

Rochester

Population

3,1266,025

Median household income

$84,766$94,754

Median home value

$245,300$391,600

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacey	Rochester
Under 5	5.8%	10.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	19.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.2%
75 and over	8.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacey	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	61.4%	72.9%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.8%
Asian	9.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.8%
Two or more races	7.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacey	Rochester
No high school diploma	6.7%	11.5%
High school graduate	23.3%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacey	Rochester
Drove alone	70.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.5%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.5%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacey	Rochester
1-unit, detached	61.0%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.5%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Lacey	Rochester
Poverty rate	11.0%	14.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1996	1995