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La Porte City, IA

2,071 Population
2.6 square miles 809.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,092 ±$6,262 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $38,690 ±$974
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,500 ±$24,260 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $70,811 ±$1,386
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.8% ±9.5% (218  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 13.2% 21,376 (±0.9% / ±1,520)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.8 minutes ±2.7 (24,065  ±5,912) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 17 1,309,795 (±0.4 / ±40,967)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

900 ±135 Number of households
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 69,396 ±611
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (2,034  ±380) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 2.3 162,108 (±0 / ±95)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±4.7% (34  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 6.1% † 2,469 (±0.9% / ±379)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

996 ±139 Number of housing units
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 75,074 ±157
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,200 ±$9,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $194,800 ±$4,046
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±4.3% (134  ±91.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 15% 24,857 (±1% / ±1,722.1)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±17.3% (1,280  ±156.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 93.7% 101,753 (±1.8% / ±1,962)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.1% ±4.8% (327  ±79.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 31% 33,664 (±1.1% / ±1,147.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±0.7% (14  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.4% 9,098
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±3.1% (122  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.8% 7,630 (±0.4% / ±481)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
122 Total veterans ±51 103 Male ±46 19 Female ±15

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