Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0La Salle has lower unemployment (1.5%) than 90% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn La Salle A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, next to 21% for Colorado as a whole. Only 3% work in La Salle itself; outside it, Greeley draws the most (21%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in La Salle
La Salle and Greeley trade workers both ways
Greeley is the top workplace for La Salle residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in La Salle come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
La Salle empties out on a workday
About 1,600 people are in La Salle on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 2,300 who live here: 1,100 head out to work and 380 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for La Salle
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, La Salle is better than 82% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, La Salle could be anywhere from B to A+.
Out of La Salle to work: where people go
Where La Salle clocks in
21% of workers
9% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A workday in La Salle: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,098 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in La Salle on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
31% of the jobs in La Salle make or build things
414 jobs are based in La Salle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Salle, 2014 → 2024: 432 → 414. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Salle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from La Salle: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Salle workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,451 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from La Salle
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In La Salle, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, La Salle is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 6.4% across Colorado, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,533 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.3% of La Salle households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of La Salle’s commuters take a bus or train.
How La Salle ranks: 681st of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Columbine Valley CO | 1,684 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Holly Hills CO | 2,572 | $122K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 147 | Acres Green CO | 2,639 | $142K | 8.0% | 1.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 679 | Brunswick WI | 1,929 | $92K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 1% | A− |
| 680 | Greenfield WI | 2,177 | $105K | 6.9% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 681 | La Salle CO | 2,304 | $96K | 7.9% | 1.5% | 3% | A− |
| 682 | Monrovia IN | 2,485 | $92K | 6.4% | 2.4% | 5% | A− |
| 683 | Riverside PA | 1,991 | $84K | 4.5% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of La Salle, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in La Salle: questions
What is the median household income in La Salle?
$95,833 (±$14,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Salle?
7.9%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Salle?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Salle work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greeley (21%, 6 mi), Denver (9%, 42 mi), Fort Collins (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is La Salle walkable?
La Salle is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Salle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Salle, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Salle
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.