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Place dossier plate
SheetIN-LA-PORTE-IN · La Porte, IN 22,125 pop · income 35th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around La Porte
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest La Porte on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Clarksville · lowest
58,518
Clarksville · lowest
58,518 median HH income
30.6% of the leader · rank #1
Blakely · near
59,858
Blakely · near
59,858 median HH income
31.3% of the leader · rank #2
Casar · near
59,861
Casar · near
59,861 median HH income
31.3% of the leader · rank #3
Bellville · near
59,861
Bellville · near
59,861 median HH income
31.3% of the leader · rank #4
Umatilla · near
59,861
Umatilla · near
59,861 median HH income
31.3% of the leader · rank #5
La Porte · this city
59,862
La Porte · this city
59,862 median HH income
31.3% of the leader · rank #6
Mountain Brook · highest
191,128
Mountain Brook · highest
191,128 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for La Porte on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 22,125.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
La Porte - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, La Porte places in the 35th percentile for household income and the 36th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
35th
percentile, household income
25th
percentile, home value
27th
percentile, median rent
36th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: La Porte, IN
Indiana's La Porte is a small city, with 22,125 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $59,862 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.9%. La Porte's housing stock carries a median value of $143,800, and the median resident age is 34.4 years. About 20.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 62.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 88 residential building permits were authorized in La Porte (Building Boom), up 780% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 1848.0 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Indiana run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Indiana scores 93.3 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,096 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $235 across Indiana, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 45.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of La Porte's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For La Porte, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in La Porte?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in La Porte?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 11.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Which cities make useful reference points for La Porte?
Within Indiana, the closest population matches are Clarksville (22,121 residents, $58,518 income); St. John (21,639 residents, $127,449 income); Avon (22,683 residents, $97,589 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sunny Isles Beach, FL (22,125 residents); Allison Park, PA (22,108 residents); Bayou Cane, LA (22,143 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Is La Porte growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +28 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 88 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in La Porte?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1848.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 19% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1639.2
Violent rate
208.8
Total reported rate
1848.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 11.9% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
93.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Indiana average
D
City profile score · La Porte, IN
44/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B
93.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime D
209 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$59,862
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
20.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
11.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
La Porte profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 72/100 (B) · 93.3 index
Violent crime: 46/100 (D) · 209 /100k
Household income: 34/100 (F) · $59,862
Bachelor's+ share: 34/100 (F) · 20.0%
Poverty rate: 32/100 (F) · 11.9%
Where La Porte sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
La Porte's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - La Porte highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
La Porte, IN (this city): home $143,800, crime 1,848/100k
Sunny Isles Beach, FL : home $489,700, crime 1,328/100k
Sanford, ME : home $257,200, crime 2,784/100k
Mountain Brook, AL : home $891,300, crime 838/100k
Clarksville, IN : home $172,700, crime 3,527/100k
St. John, IN : home $370,800, crime 153/100k
Avon, IN : home $300,600, crime 1,742/100k
Seymour, IN : home $153,300, crime 1,610/100k
Munster, IN : home $312,000, crime 1,080/100k
Highland, IN : home $219,500, crime 1,694/100k
How does La Porte compare to other US cities?
Here's how La Porte stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income35% higher than other cities
Home value25% pricier than other cities
Median rent27% pricier than other cities
Safety36% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Indiana, La Porte ranks #78 of 110 Indiana cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares La Porte against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Indiana only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Indiana-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places La Porte near the bottom of Indiana's cities
Among the 850 Indiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, La Porte ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares La Porte only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#433 of 766
43rd percentile in Indiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 850
0th percentile in Indiana
Median Home Value
#331 of 771
57th percentile in Indiana
Poverty Rate
#235 of 849
72nd percentile in Indiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#294 of 850
65th percentile in Indiana
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Indiana only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
35th percentile nationally for median household income · 36th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
La Porte's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
La Porte's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How La Porte's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$143,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 75% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
La Porte's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,495 of 15,516
More affordable than 77% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#284 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.4×, La Porte sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,495 of 15,516 and #284 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$59,862La Porte, IN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context La Porte, IN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for La Porte, IN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
22,125
Median Income
$59,862
Median Home Value
$143,800
Median Age
34.4
Poverty Rate
11.9%
Labor force participation
62.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1848.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
208.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1639.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
La Porte's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
22,572 residents
2021
22,597 residents
2022
22,367 residents
2023
22,597 residents
2024
22,601 residents
2025
22,600 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
88
housing units authorized
Single-Family
13
detached homes
Multifamily
75
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
10
10
0
$1.8M
2020
8
8
0
$2.0M
2021
7
7
0
$1.6M
2022
207
9
198
$26.0M
2023
84
12
72
$11.0M
2024
88
13
75
$11.9M
Permit volume increased 780% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
82.4%
Carpool
9.2%
Public Transit
0.1%
Walk
2.3%
Work from Home
5.7%
Based on 10,165 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Indiana statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Indiana at $235 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Indiana statewide averages, not a meter reading for La Porte. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Indiana's BEA cost-of-living index is 93.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around La Porte is $1,096/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Indiana statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 45.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Indiana statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county La Porte sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How La Porte compares to similar-size Indiana cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.