LaSalle, Illinois

Population

Down 1.8% since 2020.

9,388

people, the 232nd-largest of Illinois's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Illinois's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

85.6%

of 3,525 jobs located in LaSalle are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 97% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,045

a month. Illinois's median is $1,274.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $753 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in LaSalle County.

• $436 Tract 9638
• $1,189 Tract 9641

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,164–$1,745

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,045 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 12 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 94% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.3–0.7% to the 4,681 homes here.

13–35

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 57% less than Illinois's.

$113,500

median home value in LaSalle.

• $113,500 LaSalle
• $263,300 Illinois
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year