LaPlaceIL
The town was settled in 1874 and has 170 residents today.
Is LaPlace a good place to live?
35% of residents live below the poverty line in LaPlace, above both Illinois’ towns (8.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). No town among the 769 in Illinois we compare has a higher home-ownership rate than LaPlace. LaPlace has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
170 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to LaPlace: who provides what
LaPlace is unincorporated, so Piatt County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in LaPlace.
Most of LaPlace’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
For half of commuters, work is under 18 miles away. The top destinations are Decatur (29%), Monticello (8%) and Cerro Gordo (6%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
LaPlace: four seasons and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 19°; snowfall runs to about 7 inches a winter. The seasons in LaPlace: chilly winters, warm summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy LaPlace is
11% of LaPlace adults worry about having enough food. Against the Illinois average, LaPlace comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 7. In LaPlace, just over four in five adults had a checkup this year, and 31% feel lonely.
| LaPlace | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 78% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | LaPlace | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.7% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards: moderate risk in LaPlace, mostly inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in just over half of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in LaPlace, 33% come from inland flooding and 24% from drought.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Gies Memorial Stadium and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around LaPlace. Close and well known come first.
33 mi Stadium & arenaGies Memorial Stadium
34 mi LandmarkAmerican Football House
14 mi City parkRobert Allerton Park
20 mi MuseumMonticello Railway Museum
34 mi TheatreKrannert Center for the Performing Arts10 mi Zoo & aquariumScovill ZooPhoto credits
Gies Memorial Stadium: T.J. Blakeman, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Football House: BanjoZebra, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Allerton Park: D. Finnigan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monticello Railway Museum: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts: Aries Liang, Public domain
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Everything we know about LaPlace
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of LaPlace
About 7 of every 100 LaPlace residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
100% of working residents leave LaPlace for work
Where LaPlace’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About LaPlace
Census-designated place in Illinois, United States
La Place is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Cerro Gordo Township, Piatt County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 259.
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 702 ft
- ZIP code
- 61936
- Area code
- 217
Questions about LaPlace
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is LaPlace, IL a good place to live?
LaPlace has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.