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La Porte City, IA

2,743 Population
2.6 square miles 1,073.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,151 ±$2,561 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $31,304 ±$748
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $32,176 ±$172
$60,298 ±$12,704 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $57,495 ±$1,338
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $60,523 ±$321

6.8% ±3.6% (184  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 13.9% 22,531 (±0.8% / ±1,341)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.5% 348,122 (±0.2% / ±6,013)

25.4 minutes ±3.5 (32,140  ±7,351) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 17.3 1,431,425 (±0.4 / ±39,492)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.3 29,134,015 (±0.1 / ±191,797)

Families

1,045 ±105 Number of households
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 67,736 ±562
  • Iowa: 1,265,473 ±4,009
2.6 ±0.2 (2,699  ±321) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 2.4 162,924 (±0 / ±436)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,040,947 (±0)

4.8% ±4% (27  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 6% † 2,413 (±0.7% / ±285)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6% 41,850 (±0.2% / ±1,465)

Housing

1,160 ±88 Number of housing units
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 73,892 ±202
  • Iowa: 1,397,087 ±500

$120,100 ±$7,520 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $149,500 ±$2,264
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $147,800 ±$745

12% ±5.7% (328  ±160.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 18.1% 30,273 (±1.1% / ±1,826.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 14.8% 459,071 (±0.2% / ±7,207.6)

Social

96.4% ±15.4% (1,706  ±189.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 92.4% 100,509 (±1.5% / ±1,609.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 92.1% 1,927,271 (±0.4% / ±8,416.6)
21.1% ±3.8% (373  ±79.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 29.2% 31,803 (±0.9% / ±951.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 28.6% 597,831 (±0.2% / ±4,884.2)

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

1.1% ±1% (29  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.3% 8,951 (±0.5% / ±842)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.3% 166,439 (±0.1% / ±3,298)

8.4% ±3.3% (166  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 7.4% 9,822 (±0.4% / ±472)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 7.7% 185,671 (±0.1% / ±1,965)
166 Total veterans ±68 162 Male ±68 4 Female ±7

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