Lachine is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,448 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lachine is the 212th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lachine is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lachine is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lachine who work in management occupations (12.06%), office and administrative support (11.81%), and sales jobs (8.00%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.45% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Overall, Lachine’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. The town 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, Lachine has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lachine a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Lachine does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Lachine citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.88% of adults 25 and older in Lachine have a college degree. The per capita income in Lachine in 2022 was $30,975, which is middle income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,900 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.
