La Salle County, Illinois (IL)

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• • 88,31581.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 11,91411.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,6953.4%Two or more races
  • 2,5822.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,0090.9%Asian alone
  • 4510.4%Some other race alone
  • 1120.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $186,145

Here:	$186,145
State:	$310,164

Townhouses or other attached units: $144,242

Here:	$144,242
State:	$286,230

In 2-unit structures: $131,392

Here:	$131,392
State:	$299,638

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $184,640

Here:	$184,640
State:	$330,907

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $179,543

Here:	$179,543
State:	$318,887

Mobile homes: $48,423

Here:	$48,423
State:	$78,855

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 24
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 39
• Burglaries: 40
• Thefts: 104
• Auto thefts: 14

Crime in 2019 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 12
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 21
• Burglaries: 45
• Thefts: 110
• Auto thefts: 12

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $3,503 (2.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,702 (1.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in La Salle County is $438 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $577 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $728 a month.

Cities in this county include: Ottawa, Streator, Peru, La Salle, Mendota, Lake Holiday, Marseilles, Oglesby, Sheridan, Seneca.

2023 air pollution in La Salle County:

Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Dukes County, Massachusetts , Sussex County, New Jersey , Fulton County, Ohio , Jasper County, Indiana , Johnson County, Iowa , Summit County, Ohio .

Current college students: 3,807
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,504 (36.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 8672010 or later
• 6292000 to 2009
• 1,0661990 to 1999
• 4601980 to 1989
• 5781970 to 1979
• 853Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 40,411
• One, attached: 1,331
• Two: 1,396
• 3 or 4: 1,923
• 5 to 9: 744
• 10 to 19: 730
• 20 to 49: 600
• 50 or more: 969
• Mobile homes: 1,694
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 34

Housing units in La Salle County with a mortgage: 18,625 (1,457 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 789 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 321

Religion statistics for La Salle County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in La Salle County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Illinois Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4489, Natural disaster type: Other
• Illinois Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: November 17, 2013 to November 18, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4157: November 26, 2013, FEMA Id: 4157, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• Illinois Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding, Incident Period: April 16, 2013 to May 05, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4116: May 10, 2013, FEMA Id: 4116, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Illinois Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 03, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1960: March 17, 2011, FEMA Id: 1960, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 13, 2008 to October 05, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1800: October 03, 2008, FEMA Id: 1800, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 20, 2007 to August 31, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1729: September 25, 2007, FEMA Id: 1729, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Snow, Incident Period: November 30, 2006 to December 01, 2006, Emergency Declared EM-3269: December 29, 2006, FEMA Id: 3269, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Illinois Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3230: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3230, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Illinois Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 20, 2004 to April 23, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1513: April 23, 2004, FEMA Id: 1513, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Illinois Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2000 to December 31, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3161: January 17, 2001, FEMA Id: 3161, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.27% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($48,000 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.19% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($38,442 average AGI)
1.08% relocated from other states ($9,558 average AGI)

La Salle County:	1.08%
Illinois average:	2.01%

from Will County, IL	0.49% ($56,161 average AGI)
from Cook County, IL	0.46% ($44,597)
from Kendall County, IL	0.44% ($61,040)
from Bureau County, IL	0.41% ($40,979)
from DeKalb County, IL	0.35% ($51,333)
from Grundy County, IL	0.31% ($56,655)
from DuPage County, IL	0.26% ($64,462)

5.37% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($48,181 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.52% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($28,612 average AGI)
1.86% relocated to other states ($19,570 average AGI)

La Salle County:	1.86%
Illinois average:	3.06%

to Bureau County, IL	0.47% ($40,193 average AGI)
to Cook County, IL	0.33% ($42,106)
to DeKalb County, IL	0.28% ($45,531)
to Livingston County, IL	0.27% ($42,220)
to Kendall County, IL	0.26% ($49,311)
to Will County, IL	0.22% ($43,584)
to Grundy County, IL	0.19% ($55,101)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.2
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 9.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in La Salle County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 22,893 (6,902 living alone), Female householders: 22,315 (7,178 living alone)

• 21,674 spouses (21,518 opposite-sex spouses), 3,235 unmarried partners, (3,154 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 28,951 children (26,504 natural, 797 adopted, 1,650 stepchildren), 1,339 grandchildren, 629 brothers or sisters, 682 parents, 0 foster children, 1,982 other relatives, 1,301 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,077

Size of family households: 15,345 2-persons, 5,663 3-persons, 5,682 4-persons, 1,600 5-persons, 336 6-persons, 408 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 14,080 1-person, 1,753 2-persons, 341 3-persons.

12,638 married couples with children.
7,713 single-parent households (963 men, 6,750 women).

92.0% of residents of La Salle speak English at home.
5.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 51% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $546,472,000 ($4,865 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $18,860,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $287,998,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $136,546,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $23,800,000
Federal grants: $58,799,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,439,000 ($737,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $33,890,000 ($13,506,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $7,706,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $38,329,000
Federal Government insurance: $126,310,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-0 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 11.02 millions of gallons per day (91% from ground, 9% from surface)

• Year house built in La Salle County, Illinois
• 1,0662020 or later
• 1,6332010 to 2019
• 4,5292000 to 2009
• 3,1571990 to 1999
• 2,0991980 to 1989
• 7,3391970 to 1979
• 5,8991960 to 1969
• 7,7421950 to 1959
• 3,0501940 to 1949
• 13,3181939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in La Salle County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in La Salle County, Illinois
• 01 room
• 172 rooms
• 1,0023 rooms
• 3,0914 rooms
• 6,2795 rooms
• 8,0286 rooms
• 6,2337 rooms
• 4,2918 rooms
• 4,8279+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in La Salle County, Illinois
• 2131 room
• 8372 rooms
• 1,6583 rooms
• 3,7854 rooms
• 1,7135 rooms
• 1,5426 rooms
• 9097 rooms
• 3578 rooms
• 4269+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in La Salle County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in La Salle County, Illinois
• 96no bedroom
• 9891 bedroom
• 6,9732 bedrooms
• 18,0563 bedrooms
• 6,3284 bedrooms
• 1,3265+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in La Salle County, Illinois
• 249no bedroom
• 2,3571 bedroom
• 5,7512 bedrooms
• 2,0953 bedrooms
• 8154 bedrooms
• 1735+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in La Salle County, Illinois in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in La Salle County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,517no vehicle
• 8,6341 vehicle
• 14,3962 vehicles
• 6,3573 vehicles
• 1,6544 vehicles
• 1,2105+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in La Salle County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,919no vehicle
• 6,4811 vehicle
• 1,9912 vehicles
• 6283 vehicles
• 1924 vehicles
• 2295+ vehicles

90.0% of La Salle County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 91,558
• Other state: 11,671
• Northeast: 666
• Midwest: 6,286
• South: 3,132
• West: 1,587

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2004:

• Total number of recipients: 1,182
• Number of aged recipients: 73
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,109
• Number of recipients under 18: 205
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 820
• Number of recipients older than 64: 157
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 386
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 475

La Salle County on our top lists:

• #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #79 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #82 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #94 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #95 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"