La Conner is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 963 people and three associated neighborhoods, La Conner is the 268th largest community in Washington.

La Conner home prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, but La Conner real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Of important note, La Conner is also a town of artists. La Conner has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape La Conner’s character.

Also of interest is that La Conner has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One of the nice things about La Conner is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Being a small town, La Conner does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of La Conner citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.25% of adults in La Conner have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in La Conner in 2022 was $47,466, which is upper middle income relative to Washington, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $189,864 for a family of four. However, La Conner contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

La Conner is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call La Conner home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Conner residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. La Conner also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.90% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Conner include English, German, Norwegian, Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in La Conner is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.