Lachine is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,452 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lachine is the 212th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lachine is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lachine is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lachine who work in management occupations (11.76%), office and administrative support (9.79%), and sales jobs (7.71%). A relatively large number of people in Lachine telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.79% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lachine has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lachine has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lachine than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lachine may be for you. Being a small town, Lachine does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Lachine is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.00% of adults 25 and older in Lachine have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Lachine in 2022 was $32,258, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,032 for a family of four. However, Lachine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Lachine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lachine residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lachine include German, Polish, English, Irish, and French. The most common language spoken in Lachine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
