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Median House Value:

La Porte City, IA

Found within zip codes: 50651, 50701, 50706
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NEIGHBORHOOD COST DETAILS
MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE $124,461
  • medium cost relative to Iowa
  • low cost relative to the nation
HOUSE VALUE RANGE
COST
$1,703,000+  0%
$1,277,001-$1,703,000  0%
$852,001-$1,277,000  0%
$681,001-$852,000  0%
$511,001-$681,000  0%
$341,001-$511,000  2%
$171,001-$341,000  21%
$85,001-$171,000  53%
$0-$85,000  23%
% OF HOMES
RENTAL PRICE medium cost relative to IA, very low cost relative to the nation


NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL,
& CHARACTER
DETAILS
THE SETTING Rural (based on population density), farms
TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Single-family homes, some Small apartment buildings, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Mobile homes, a few Rowhouses & attached homes
SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms)
AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), some Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later)
HOME OWNERSHIP Mostly Owner occupied
SPECIAL CHARACTER mostly Quiet


THE NEIGHBORS DETAILS
AGE & LIFESTYLE mostly Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Mixed ages, some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college)
EDUCATION LEVEL Rating: 3 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated)
INCOME Middle income (near average income for America)
OCCUPATIONS mostly Manufacturing & Laborers, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Executive, managerial & professional
ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry
LANGUAGES mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking

School Rating Information


La Porte City Educational Rating



This town is served by two school districts:



UNION COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT School District




1,247 Students enrolled in District

4 Schools in District

DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best)
9
Better than:
of IA school
districts
83.9%
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COMPARED TO U.S.
(10 is best)
9
Better than:
of US school
districts
81.5%
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM
16
STATE AVERAGE 14

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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

85%
75%
85%
73%
85%
76%
DISTRICT
STATE
PROFICIENT IN
READING & MATH
PROFICIENT IN
READING
PROFICIENT IN
MATH
SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT GRADES
DYSART-GENESEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
411 LINCOLN, DYSART, IA 52224
(319) 476-7110
KG-05
LA PORTE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
515 FILMORE, LA PORTE CITY, IA 50651
(319) 342-3033
KG-05
UNION HIGH SCHOOL
200 ADAMS ST, LA PORTE CITY, IA 50651
(319) 342-2697
09-12
UNION MIDDLE SCHOOL
505 WEST, DYSART, IA 52224
(319) 476-5100
06-08
School district enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 96.5 86.6
BLACK (%) 1.0 5.1
HISPANIC (%) 1.7 5.8
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 0.4 1.9
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 0.4 0.6
ECONOMIC GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 23.2 31.9
Educational Expenditures
FOR THIS DISTRICT PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $4,122 $5,140,000 49.1
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $185 $231,000 2.2
STAFF $277 $346,000 3.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $130 $162,000 1.5
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $547 $682,000 6.5
OPERATION $688 $858,000 8.2
TRANSPORTATION $463 $577,000 5.5
OTHER $133 $166,000 1.6
TOTAL SUPPORT $2,423 $3,022,000 28.9
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,843 $2,298,000 22.0
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $8,388 $10,460,000 100.0
La Porte City EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
ADULTS IN La Porte City WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) 10.4
CHILDREN IN La Porte City LIVING IN POVERTY (%) 7.2

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La Porte City Appreciation Rates Click for help

PERIOD TOTAL APPRECIATION AVG. ANNUAL RATE COMPARED
TO IA*
COMPARED
TO AMERICA*
Since 1990 179.85% 9.46% 7 9
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About La Porte City

La Porte City is a very small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 2,257 people and just one neighborhood, La Porte City is the 182nd largest community in Iowa.

Unlike some cities , La Porte City isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in La Porte City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, La Porte City is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Porte City who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.33%), sales jobs (12.80%), and healthcare (6.19%).

La Porte City is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of La Porte City isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.24% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small city, La Porte City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

La Porte City Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in La Porte City with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.22% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in La Porte City in 2000 was $19,266, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,064 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in La Porte City is English.

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