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La Porte City city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
La Porte City city is a Census city of 2,071 people across 2.56 square miles of land, in Black Hawk County. Median household income is $70,500, 77.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $771,500.
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La Porte City
What La Porte City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.56 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land810
- County holding the largest share of its areaBlack Hawk County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Porte City
How many people live in La Porte City
- Population2,071
- Median age34.3 plus or minus 7.7
- Population under 18519 plus or minus 141
- Share under 1825.1 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Population 65 and over365 plus or minus 87
- Share 65 and over17.6 percent
- Households900
- Family households529 plus or minus 110
- Share of households that are families58.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Porte City
Income and work in La Porte City
- Median household income$70,500 plus or minus $24,260
- Per capita income$39,092
- Civilian labor force1,089
- Employed1,069
- Unemployed20 plus or minus 35
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over1,357
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.1 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Porte City
Housing in La Porte City
- Housing units996
- Occupied units900
- Vacant units96 plus or minus 63
- Vacancy rate9.6 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Owner occupied701
- Renter occupied199 plus or minus 86
- Ownership rate77.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$163,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$955
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.3 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Single family units758
- Share single family76.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more234 plus or minus 98
- Share in buildings of two or more23.5 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Mobile homes4 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Porte City
How La Porte City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute972 plus or minus 200
- Commuting under 15 minutes129 plus or minus 48
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more309 plus or minus 92
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Drove alone84.0 percent
- Carpooled4.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home8.5 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Porte City
SBA loans in La Porte City (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$771,500
- Average approval$192,875
- Median approval$252,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$329,500
- Largest approval$329,500
- Jobs supported16
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term204 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Black Hawk County, not La Porte City
Black Hawk County context, not La Porte City figures
These are Black Hawk County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as La Porte City measurements.
- Establishments in Black Hawk County3,105
- Employment at those establishments, Black Hawk County63,693
- Covered employment, Black Hawk County70,886
- Average annual pay, Black Hawk County$59,631
- Average weekly wage, Black Hawk County$1,147
- Housing units permitted, Black Hawk County289
- Of those, single family, Black Hawk County166
- County product, 2024, Black Hawk County$10,039,272,000
- County product change over the prior year, Black Hawk County0.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Black Hawk County$49,227
Every figure in this section is published for Black Hawk County as a whole and is not a measurement of La Porte City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
La Porte City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in La Porte City, Iowa?
2,071, in 900 households. La Porte City city covers 2.56 square miles of land, which is 810 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is La Porte City in?
Black Hawk County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in La Porte City?
$70,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $163,200. Median gross rent is $955 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to La Porte City businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $771,500, across 4 lenders, median approval $252,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in La Porte City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to La Porte City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for La Porte City. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page La Porte City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Black Hawk County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of La Porte City.
Is zoning published for La Porte City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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