Demographics of La Porte city, Texas

La Porte city, Texas had 37,983 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +2,685 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

La Porte city, in four figures

37,983
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 36,730 ±37.; +7.6%
Change since July 2020: +2,685 people.; 37.2 ±2.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $80,753 ±$5,023
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

La Porte city, Texas's population grew 7.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of La Porte city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

La Porte city, Texas's population grew 7.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of La Porte city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	35,298	100.0	100.0
2021	36,049	102.1	100.2
2022	36,756	104.1	100.7
2023	37,400	106.0	101.6
2024	37,916	107.4	102.5
2025	37,983	107.6	103.1

Population of La Porte city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	35,298	—
2021	36,049	+751
2022	36,756	+707
2023	37,400	+644
2024	37,916	+516
2025	37,983	+67

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.2 ±2.3: for men 34.5 ±3.0 and for women 39.6 ±1.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in La Porte city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	2,460 ±588	6.7% ±1.6	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	6,852 ±771	18.7% ±2.1	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,173 ±546	8.6% ±1.5	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	9,540 ±815	26.0% ±2.2	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	9,184 ±800	25.0% ±2.2	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,521 ±578	15.0% ±1.6	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $80,753 ±$5,023, and income per person $44,477 ±$12,679, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in La Porte city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	1,870 ±396	14.0% ±2.9	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,724 ±515	20.4% ±3.8	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,372 ±320	10.3% ±2.4	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,054 ±489	15.4% ±3.6	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,496 ±360	18.7% ±2.6	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,567 ±331	11.8% ±2.4	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,246 ±284	9.3% ±2.1	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in La Porte city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	4,462 ±969	12.2% ±2.6	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,374 ±386	14.8% ±3.8	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,193 ±543	11.4% ±2.8	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	895 ±254	11.0% ±2.9	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in La Porte city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	La Porte city	Texas	United States
Housing units	13,791 ±474	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.6% ±0.6	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	3.4% ±1.3	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	71.1% ±3.6	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	28.9% ±4.2	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$234,600 ±$7,817	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,378 ±$110	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1983 ±2	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in La Porte city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	15,409 ±1,357	42.0% ±3.7	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	17,199 ±1,326	46.8% ±3.6	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,420 ±857	6.6% ±2.3	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	200 to 1,034	0.5% to 2.8%	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 31	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 629	0% to 1.7%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	765 ±240	2.1% ±0.7	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in La Porte city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	25,049 ±1,120	68.2% ±3.0	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	7,043 ±945	19.2% ±2.6	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	375 ±180	1.0% ±0.5	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	4,263 ±893	11.6% ±2.4	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,057 ±498	5.6% ±1.4	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2,206 ±631	6.0% ±1.7	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

La Porte city among the places of Texas

97th of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near La Porte city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Duncanville city	39,683 ±60
Midlothian city	39,356 ±50
Copperas Cove city	37,947 ±251
Prosper town	37,869 ±32
Socorro city	37,123 ±42
La Porte city	36,730 ±37
Farmers Branch city	36,645 ±55
Mission Bend CDP	36,586 ±2,525
San Juan city	36,149 ±28
Texarkana city	35,992 ±41
Weatherford city	35,788 ±53

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in La Porte city, Texas

Rankings this appears in

No. 35 Places in Texas by per capita income
No. 41 Places in Texas by median age
No. 81 Places in Texas by homeownership rate
No. 99 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 112 Places in Texas by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 112 Places in Texas by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026