La Center is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 4,368 people and two associated neighborhoods, La Center is the 166th largest community in Washington. La Center home prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, but La Center real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.La Center is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, La Center is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Center who work in sales jobs (14.97%), management occupations (9.23%), and teaching (8.54%). Also of interest is that La Center has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in La Center telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.25% 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. In La Center, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.36 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The population of La Center overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in La Center, 23.14% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in La Center in 2022 was $42,319, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,276 for a family of four. However, La Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. La Center is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in La Center include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Czech. The most common language spoken in La Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Korean.
