The overall crime rate in Lachine is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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.
As is often the case in a small town, Lachine doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Lachine who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.32% of the adults in Lachine have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lachine in 2022 was $27,530, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,120 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.
