La Grange is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,449 people and four associated neighborhoods, La Grange is the 416th largest community in Texas. La Grange real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although La Grange house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, La Grange is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.51% of the La Grange workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, La Grange is a city of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Grange who work in office and administrative support (11.07%), management occupations (6.89%), and healthcare suport services (6.54%). Also of interest is that La Grange has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One of the benefits of La Grange is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.21 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, La Grange does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of La Grange are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.03% of adults in La Grange having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in La Grange in 2022 was $27,687, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,748 for a family of four. However, La Grange contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. La Grange is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Grange home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Grange residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. La Grange also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.28% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Grange include German, English, Czech, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in La Grange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
