La Grange is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,922 people and two associated neighborhoods, La Grange is the 269th largest community in North Carolina.La Grange is a blue-collar town, with 36.19% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, La Grange is a town of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Grange who work in office and administrative support (18.26%), healthcare (16.26%), and sales jobs (7.02%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.25% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Being a small town, La Grange does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In La Grange, just 11.83% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in La Grange in 2022 was $24,313, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,252 for a family of four. However, La Grange contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. La Grange also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.04% of its population below the federal poverty line.La Grange is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call La Grange home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Grange residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in La Grange include African, German, English, Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in La Grange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Korean.
