About Laporte

Laporte is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 2,732 people and just one neighborhood, Laporte is the 107th largest community in Colorado.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Laporte is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Laporte is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Laporte who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.40%), management occupations (9.64%), and sales jobs (8.67%).

Laporte is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Laporte, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.77% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Laporte is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Laporte Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Laporte is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 25.24% of adults in Laporte have a college degree.

The per capita income in Laporte in 2000 was $19,870, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,480 for a family of four.

The people who call Laporte home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Laporte is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Laporte include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Scotch-Irish, Swedish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Laporte is English. Some people also speak Spanish.