13.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lacy-Lakeview, TX (949 out of 7.22k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 6 - 11, followed by Males < 5 and then Males 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Lacy-Lakeview, TX is Black, followed by White and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.