La Pine is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 2,536 people and three associated neighborhoods, La Pine is the 131st largest community in Oregon. La Pine has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in La Pine, where the median household income is $50,625.00.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.38% 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.

It is a fairly quiet city 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!) La Pine 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. La Pine has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in La Pine than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, La Pine may be for you.

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

The population of La Pine has a very low overall level of education: only 9.77% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in La Pine in 2022 was $24,382, which is low income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,528 for a family of four. However, La Pine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

La Pine is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Pine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Pine residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. La Pine also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.59% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Pine include Irish, German, English, Portuguese, and Croatian.

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