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La Porte City, IA

2,556 Population
2.6 square miles 999.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 36.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$27,121 ±$3,162 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $32,103 ±$787
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $33,021 ±$226
$57,348 ±$9,477 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $58,996 ±$1,578
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $61,836 ±$294

8.5% ±6.5% (213  ±166) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 13.5% 21,923 (±0.8% / ±1,366)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 339,090 (±0.2% / ±6,616)

27.5 minutes ±3 (32,120  ±7,147) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 17.5 1,407,155 (±0.8 / ±69,175)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.5 28,871,365 (±0.1 / ±212,890)

Families

993 ±121 Number of households
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 68,165 ±578
  • Iowa: 1,273,941 ±4,037
2.5 ±0.2 (2,513  ±365) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 2.4 162,620 (±0 / ±397)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,052,458 (±0)

4.3% ±3.5% (24  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.8% † 2,326 (±0.8% / ±306)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 41,718 (±0.2% / ±1,246)

Housing

1,146 ±130 Number of housing units
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 74,277 ±186
  • Iowa: 1,407,819 ±743

$122,900 ±$8,572 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $152,300 ±$2,620
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $153,900 ±$867

12% ±6.1% (305  ±161.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 18% 30,120 (±1.1% / ±1,785.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 14.4% 448,045 (±0.2% / ±7,110.5)

Social

95.5% ±16.5% (1,537  ±183) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 92.8% 101,018 (±1.7% / ±1,901.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 92.5% 1,946,463 (±0.4% / ±8,681.6)
18.8% ±3.2% (302  ±64.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 29.6% 32,259 (±1.1% / ±1,195.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 29.3% 617,115 (±0.3% / ±5,307)

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

1.4% ±1.2% (35  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.6% 9,423 (±0.5% / ±886)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 170,325 (±0.1% / ±3,102)

9% ±3.3% (162  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 6.8% 8,965 (±0.4% / ±522)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 7.4% 178,481 (±0.1% / ±2,331)
162 Total veterans ±64 157 Male ±64 5 Female ±10

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