La Salle is a very small township located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,618 people and two associated neighborhoods, La Salle is the 203rd largest community in Michigan.Unlike some townships where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, La Salle is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, La Salle is a township of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Salle who work in management occupations (12.35%), office and administrative support (8.35%), and healthcare (7.49%). Because of many things, La Salle is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, La Salle really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is La Salle perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Being a small township, La Salle does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of La Salle are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.40% of adults in La Salle having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in La Salle in 2022 was $36,636, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,544 for a family of four. However, La Salle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call La Salle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Salle residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in La Salle include German, English, Irish, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in La Salle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
