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La Center city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
La Center city is a Census city of 3,883 people across 2.63 square miles of land, in Clark County. Median household income is $101,708, 75.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.2 m.
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La Center
What La Center is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.63 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,476
- County holding the largest share of its areaClark County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Center
How many people live in La Center
- Population3,883
- Median age37.2
- Population under 18974 plus or minus 287
- Share under 1825.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Population 65 and over550 plus or minus 189
- Share 65 and over14.2 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Households1,439
- Family households1,120
- Share of households that are families77.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Center
Income and work in La Center
- Median household income$101,708 plus or minus $24,561
- Per capita income$45,453
- Civilian labor force1,988
- Employed1,916
- Unemployed72 plus or minus 61
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over2,596
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.0 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.6 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Center
Housing in La Center
- Housing units1,583
- Occupied units1,439
- Vacant units144 plus or minus 134
- Vacancy rate9.1 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Owner occupied1,080
- Renter occupied359 plus or minus 159
- Ownership rate75.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$584,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,876
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.1 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units1,325
- Share single family83.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more167 plus or minus 114
- Share in buildings of two or more10.5 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Mobile homes91 plus or minus 74
- Median year structure built1998
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Center
How La Center gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,543
- Commuting under 15 minutes353 plus or minus 227
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.9 percent plus or minus 14.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more653 plus or minus 211
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.3 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Drove alone77.5 percent
- Carpooled3.1 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home18.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Center
SBA loans in La Center (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$2,178,700
- Average approval$198,064
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$454,500
- Largest approval$810,000
- Jobs supported63
- Jobs per approval5.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.1 percent
- Share to franchises9.1 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Clark County, not La Center
Clark County context, not La Center figures
These are Clark County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as La Center measurements.
- Establishments in Clark County12,552
- Employment at those establishments, Clark County159,914
- Covered employment, Clark County181,713
- Average annual pay, Clark County$72,700
- Average weekly wage, Clark County$1,398
- Housing units permitted, Clark County3,594
- Of those, single family, Clark County2,201
- County product, 2024, Clark County$33,424,754,000
- County product change over the prior year, Clark County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Clark County$105,808
Every figure in this section is published for Clark County as a whole and is not a measurement of La Center. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
La Center questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in La Center, Washington?
3,883, in 1,439 households. La Center city covers 2.63 square miles of land, which is 1,476 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is La Center in?
Clark County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in La Center?
$101,708. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $584,600. Median gross rent is $1,876 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to La Center businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totalling $2.2 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in La Center, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to La Center borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for La Center. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page La Center figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Clark County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of La Center.
Is zoning published for La Center?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.