LaSalle County, Illinois
LaSalle Real Estate and Local Guide
LaSalle is a historic Illinois River city in LaSalle County that grew with the Illinois and Michigan Canal and later became a zinc-production center; with neighboring Peru it forms the core of the Illinois Valley. Ranked Realty pairs verified local data with the agents who know LaSalle best.
About the area
Living in LaSalle, IL
LaSalle served as the western terminus of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, completed in 1848.
The housing market
Homes in LaSalle
- About 62.7% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied.
- About 71.9% of housing units are detached single-family homes.
- The median home value is about $109,500.
Landmarks and lifestyle
What makes LaSalle home
Hegeler Carus Mansion
57-room Second Empire mansion completed in 1876, a National Historic Landmark on Seventh Street
Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Volunteer canal boat
LaSalle was the western terminus of the I&M Canal; the replica boat Volunteer gives mule-pulled rides from the Lock 14 basin
Starved Rock State Park
State park about five miles east of LaSalle, the most visited state park in Illinois
Matthiessen State Park
State park created from the estate of industrialist Frederick William Matthiessen, near LaSalle
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Local facts on this page are verified against public sources as part of the AppWT local-data project. Data reflects the most recent available figures.