Lachine is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,448 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lachine is the 212th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lachine is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lachine is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lachine who work in management occupations (12.06%), office and administrative support (11.81%), and sales jobs (8.00%). A relatively large number of people in Lachine telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Overall, Lachine’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Lachine 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. Lachine has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lachine than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lachine may be for you. Lachine is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Lachine citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.88% of adults 25 and older in Lachine have a college degree. The per capita income in Lachine in 2022 was $30,975, which is middle income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,900 for a family of four. However, Lachine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Lachine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lachine residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lachine include German, English, Polish, French, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Lachine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
