Census Reporter

La Porte, TX

35,340 Population
18.6 square miles 1,899.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 34.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,230 ±$10,408 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $35,125 ±$238
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $32,177 ±$121
$75,810 ±$6,267 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $69,328 ±$503
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $63,826 ±$218

10.4% ±2.1% (3,673  ±742) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 13.5% 927,139 (±0.3% / ±18,239)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14.2% 3,984,260 (±0.1% / ±39,546)

26.9 minutes ±2 (430,005  ±38,447) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 30 91,549,120 (±0.1 / ±577,284)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.6 329,257,250 (±0.1 / ±1,084,687)

Families

12,342 ±504 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,407,993 ±5,139
  • Texas: 9,906,070 ±18,881
2.9 ±0.1 (35,254  ±50) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.9 6,900,303 (±0 / ±3,052)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,039,855 (±0)

6.4% ±1.9% (534  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 99,483 (±0.2% / ±3,187)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 396,357 (±0.1% / ±6,274)

Housing

13,067 ±467 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,646,682 ±980
  • Texas: 11,112,975 ±3,353

$158,500 ±$4,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $208,100 ±$1,376
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $187,200 ±$597

14.1% ±3.2% (4,873  ±1,107.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.8% 1,016,524 (±0.2% / ±14,961.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 15.3% 4,311,981 (±0.1% / ±29,217.6)

Social

87.9% ±4.3% (20,855  ±1,180.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 84.3% 3,786,059 (±0.4% / ±19,227.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 84.4% 15,565,117 (±0.2% / ±37,477.2)
16.2% ±1.9% (3,840  ±454.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 33.6% 1,508,624 (±0.3% / ±12,137.7)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 30.7% 5,662,178 (±0.1% / ±23,301.1)

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

8.8% ±1.8% (3,100  ±626) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.3% 1,623,239 (±0.2% / ±13,513)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 16.8% 4,822,952 (±0.1% / ±26,828)

8.1% ±1% (2,148  ±278) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.1% 262,397 (±0.1% / ±4,689)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.8% 1,435,527 (±0.1% / ±11,744)
2,148 Total veterans ±278 2,045 Male ±271 103 Female ±68

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