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La Porte City, IA

2,170 Population
2.6 square miles 848.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,760 ±$4,477 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $38,132 ±$1,074
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$62,750 ±$12,587 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $68,916 ±$1,445
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

11.5% ±8.7% (244  ±188) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 13% 21,058 (±0.8% / ±1,206)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

27.3 minutes ±2.3 (26,505  ±5,422) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 17.1 1,310,190 (±0.4 / ±36,656)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

883 ±129 Number of households
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 68,518 ±721
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.2 (2,130  ±355) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 2.4 161,782 (±0 / ±98)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.7% ±4.3% (29  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.6% † 2,248 (±0.8% / ±330)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

976 ±131 Number of housing units
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 74,779 ±86
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$146,900 ±$9,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $186,100 ±$3,106
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

10.7% ±5% (229  ±114.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 15.9% 26,387 (±1.1% / ±1,760)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

95.7% ±18% (1,275  ±154.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 94% 101,729 (±1.8% / ±1,925.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
19.5% ±3.9% (260  ±63.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 30.5% 33,003 (±1.1% / ±1,181.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.7% ±1.4% (36  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.3% 8,905
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.7% ±2.3% (103  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 6% 7,782 (±0.4% / ±553)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
103 Total veterans ±39 91 Male ±38 12 Female ±13

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