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La Porte, TX

35,246 Population
18.6 square miles 1,892 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 34.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,928 ±$1,621 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $34,400 ±$201
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $31,277 ±$113
$75,262 ±$4,803 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $67,516 ±$443
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $61,874 ±$208

9.9% ±2.4% (3,471  ±855) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 13.7% 929,512 (±0.2% / ±16,178)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,072,194 (±0.1% / ±34,216)

27.5 minutes ±2 (463,680  ±39,764) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 30.2 93,470,590 (±0.1 / ±454,825)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 331,801,795 (±0.1 / ±983,868)

Families

12,430 ±386 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,352,275 ±6,224
  • Texas: 9,691,647 ±18,858
2.8 ±0.1 (35,158  ±70) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.9 6,803,609 (±0 / ±3,567)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.9 27,661,312 (±0)

6.8% ±2.2% (552  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.8% 101,689 (±0.1% / ±2,431)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 398,679 (±0.1% / ±4,907)

Housing

13,174 ±416 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,596,734 ±1,270
  • Texas: 10,937,026 ±905

$148,100 ±$4,098 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $193,900 ±$821
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $172,500 ±$355

12.9% ±2.7% (4,473  ±922.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 15.2% 1,031,025 (±0.2% / ±14,726)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 15.6% 4,358,441 (±0.1% / ±28,790.1)

Social

87.7% ±3.5% (21,401  ±1,040.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 83.7% 3,696,142 (±0.4% / ±16,276.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 83.7% 15,173,595 (±0.2% / ±35,698.2)
15.9% ±1.7% (3,885  ±417.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 32.8% 1,449,898 (±0.2% / ±9,974.9)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 29.9% 5,420,676 (±0.1% / ±20,956.8)

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

9.3% ±1.7% (3,264  ±601) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.4% 1,613,984 (±0.2% / ±11,927)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17% 4,814,638 (±0.1% / ±22,758)

9.5% ±1.2% (2,583  ±324) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.3% 267,271 (±0.1% / ±4,178)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 7% 1,453,450 (±0.1% / ±10,182)
2,583 Total veterans ±324 2,465 Male ±313 118 Female ±66

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