LaSalle vs Streator

A side-by-side comparison of LaSalle and Streator: population, income, housing, and more.

LaSalle and Streator are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Streator has the higher population (12,274 vs 9,471 in LaSalle). Streator has the higher median household income ($54,953 vs $54,246 in LaSalle). LaSalle has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $88,000 in Streator).

Population, income & housing

	LaSalle	Streator
Population	9,471	12,274
Median age	40.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,246	$54,953
Median home value	$109,500	$88,000
Median gross rent	$1,011	$779
Housing units	4,497	6,277
Homeownership rate	62.7%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	LaSalle	Streator
Population	9,147 → 9,471 (+3.5%)	12,653 → 12,274 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$49,792 → $54,246 (+8.9%)	$39,736 → $54,953 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $109,500 (+18.3%)	$70,800 → $88,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $1,011 (+20.8%)	$641 → $779 (+21.5%)

LaSalle

Population

9,1479,471

Median household income

$49,792$54,246

Median home value

$92,600$109,500

Median gross rent

$837$1,011

Streator

Population

12,65312,274

Median household income

$39,736$54,953

Median home value

$70,800$88,000

Median gross rent

$641$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	LaSalle	Streator
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.8%
75 and over	10.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	LaSalle	Streator
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	77.6%
Black or African American	5.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	LaSalle	Streator
No high school diploma	14.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	37.9%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	LaSalle	Streator
Drove alone	85.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	2.8%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	LaSalle	Streator
1-unit, detached	71.9%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	2.8%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	LaSalle	Streator
Poverty rate	18.6%	20.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1954	1954