Lagrange is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,735 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lagrange is the 195th largest community in Indiana.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lagrange is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.30% of the Lagrange workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lagrange is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lagrange who work in food service (10.65%), sales jobs (9.71%), and office and administrative support (7.10%). Being a small town, Lagrange does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Lagrange is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.06% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Lagrange in 2022 was $28,968, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,872 for a family of four. However, Lagrange contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lagrange is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lagrange home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lagrange residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lagrange also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.17% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lagrange include German, European, English, Irish, and Swiss. The most common language spoken in Lagrange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.
