Best PlacesLacy-Lakeview, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lacy-Lakeview, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lacy-Lakeview ranks 30,956th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lacy-Lakeview
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Lacy-Lakeview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lacy-Lakeview ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 144 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
Where Lacy-Lakeview ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lacy-Lakeview
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lacy-Lakeview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,220, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Lacy-Lakeview's effective rate of 1.19%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lacy-Lakeview
Lacy-Lakeview runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lacy-Lakeview.
Who works in Lacy-Lakeview, and how
Work in Lacy-Lakeview centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lacy-Lakeview
Lacy-Lakeview has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lacy-Lakeview and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lacy-Lakeview, month by month
Lacy-Lakeview sees roughly 144 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 50° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 57° |
| July | 96° | 88° | 75° |
| October | 82° | 71° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Lacy-Lakeview
The nearest airport, Waco Regional, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lacy-Lakeview
Schools across Lacy-Lakeview average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- La Vega ElD+ · 23% proficient
- Connally ElD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- La Vega J H George Dixon CampusD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- La Vega H SC− · 29% proficient
- Connally High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lacy-Lakeview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lacy-Lakeview measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Lacy-Lakeview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lacy-Lakeview
Is Lacy-Lakeview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lacy-Lakeview ranks 30,956th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on civic engagement and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lacy-Lakeview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,834. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $66,220 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Lacy-Lakeview safe?
Lacy-Lakeview is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $456 per resident a year.
Compare Lacy-Lakeview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lacy-Lakeview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lacy-Lakeview represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Lacy-Lakeview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lacy-Lakeview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lacy-Lakeview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lacy-Lakeview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lacy-Lakeview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lacy-Lakeview detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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