La Porte is a city of 22,449 people in Indiana. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 20% of adults. The typical home is worth $157,500, having more than doubled since 2000. This skews young, with a median age of 34.6. The foreign-born share is 6%. There are 1,825 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $59,307, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
20% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about La Porte
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree12.5% → 20.1%(+7.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Poverty rate10.2% → 16.4%(+6.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
La Porte's population equals 20% of LaPorte County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 35% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 34% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)24.6%(284)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19%(219)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era20.4%(236)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.5%(64)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.8%(32)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,155 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
La Porte, decade by decade
La Porte population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
21,507
$60,052
$106,563
12.5%
11.4
2000
21,621
$64,443
$147,918
13.0%
23.3
2010
22,053
$52,882
$136,089
14.4%
36.2
2020
22,471
$50,975
$131,627
18.6%
46.9
2024
22,449
$59,307
$157,500
20.1%
50.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
