La Pine is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 2,536 people and three associated neighborhoods, La Pine is the 131st largest community in Oregon. Much of the housing stock in La Pine was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local La Pine economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in La Pine, where the median household income is $50,625.00.

A relatively large number of people in La Pine telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.38% 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.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, La Pine has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes La Pine a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small city, La Pine does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of La Pine have a very low rate of college education: just 9.77% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in La Pine in 2022 was $24,382, which is low income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,528 for a family of four. However, La Pine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

La Pine is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Pine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Pine residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. La Pine also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.59% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Pine include Irish, German, English, Portuguese, and Croatian.

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