In addition, La Grange is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.
Because of many things, La Grange is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making La Grange a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, La Grange has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, La Grange’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In La Grange, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.42 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the village is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
In La Grange, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though La Grange is a relatively small village. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to La Grange, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. La Grange is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 61.33% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in La Grange in 2022 was $71,259, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $285,036 for a family of four.
La Grange is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. La Grange also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.27% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Grange include Irish, German, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in La Grange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
