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La Center, WA
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La Center profile


Living in La Center



La Center is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 4,368 people and two constituent 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.

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 9.38% 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.

One downside of living in La Center, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.14 minutes every day commuting to work.

In terms of college education, La Center is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.99% of adults 25 and older in La Center have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in La Center in 2018 was $34,600, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,400 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, Irish, English, Swedish, and Scottish.

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


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