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.
In terms of college education, La Salle is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.28% of adults 25 and older in the township have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in La Salle in 2022 was $41,295, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $165,180 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in La Salle include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in La Salle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
