† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLaceyWashingtonUnited States
German15.7%14.5%12.5%
English12.6%12.1%9.5%
Irish11.3%9.8%9.4%
American3.8%3.8%5.3%
Norwegian3.5%4.0%—
Italian3.2%3.1%4.8%
Scottish2.9%2.6%1.3%
Swedish2.6%1.8%—
Mexican6.7%10.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.5%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%0.4%—
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.4%0.4%0.7%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
Filipino2.5%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese2.0%1.1%0.6%
Korean1.4%0.9%0.4%
Chinese0.8%2.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.6%2.0%1.4%
Cambodian0.6%0.3%—
Japanese0.5%0.4%0.2%
African American†3.9%2.3%9.9%
African0.7%0.4%0.5%
Haitian0.4%—0.3%
Chamorro0.5%——
Samoan0.4%0.2%—
Native Hawaiian0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lacey
Washington
United States
Median age
37.3
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.6%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lacey
Washington
United States
Median household income
$90,625
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.1%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lacey
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.2%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.6%
9.1%
13.6%
Vietnamese
2.2%
1.0%
0.5%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.0%
0.9%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.0%
2.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lacey
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lacey, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+9.8%
2008
+18.7%
2012
+15.1%
2016
+17.0%
2020
+23.7%
2024
+27.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
62.0%Harris16,336
34.6%Trump9,110
3.5%
D+27.4
D+3.7
D+28.9
26,367
D
60.0%Biden16,392
36.2%Trump9,905
3.8%
D+23.7
D+6.7
D+19.3
27,339
D
53.9%Clinton10,781
36.9%Trump7,383
9.2%
D+17.0
D+1.9
D+14.9
20,007
D
55.8%Obama10,845
40.7%Romney7,910
3.5%
D+15.1
R+3.6
D+11.3
19,427
D
58.5%Obama10,824
39.8%McCain7,368
1.7%
D+18.7
D+8.9
D+11.4
18,505
D
54.1%Kerry8,928
44.3%Bush7,310
1.5%
D+9.8
—
D+12.3
16,489
Lacey has absorbed substantial population growth as workers priced out of Olympia shift eastward, making it a bellwether for how suburban expansion reshapes voting patterns in a traditionally government-employee county.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.4 points.
A population of 57,737, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,625 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tumwater and Juneau city and.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Lacey, Washington voted Democratic by 27.4 points (D+27.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 26,367 votes cast, 16,336 went Democratic and 9,110 went Republican.
How many people live in Lacey, Washington?
Lacey, Washington has a population of 57,737 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lacey, Washington?
Median household income in Lacey, Washington is $90,625 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Lacey, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lacey, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
