LaSalle’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, LaSalle has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes LaSalle a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The citizens of LaSalle are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.63% of adults in LaSalle have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in LaSalle in 2022 was $28,390, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,560 for a family of four. However, LaSalle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
LaSalle is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call LaSalle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of LaSalle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. LaSalle also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.15% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in LaSalle include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in LaSalle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
