Evansdale vs La Porte City

A side-by-side comparison of Evansdale and La Porte City: population, income, housing, and more.

Evansdale and La Porte City are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Evansdale has the higher population (4,530 vs 2,170 in La Porte City). La Porte City has the higher median household income ($62,750 vs $57,415 in Evansdale). La Porte City has the higher median home value ($146,900 vs $138,200 in Evansdale).

Population, income & housing

	Evansdale	La Porte City
Population	4,530	2,170
Median age	38.1 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,415	$62,750
Median home value	$138,200	$146,900
Median gross rent	$945	$802
Housing units	2,224	976
Homeownership rate	62.4%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansdale	La Porte City
Population	4,765 → 4,530 (-4.9%)	2,743 → 2,170 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$49,786 → $57,415 (+15.3%)	$60,298 → $62,750 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $138,200 (+16.3%)	$120,100 → $146,900 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $945 (+16.2%)	$650 → $802 (+23.4%)

Evansdale

Population

4,7654,530

Median household income

$49,786$57,415

Median home value

$118,800$138,200

Median gross rent

$813$945

La Porte City

Population

2,7432,170

Median household income

$60,298$62,750

Median home value

$120,100$146,900

Median gross rent

$650$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evansdale	La Porte City
Under 5	2.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	22.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.1%
65 to 74	15.7%	8.4%
75 and over	4.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansdale	La Porte City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	94.9%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansdale	La Porte City
No high school diploma	12.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	46.7%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansdale	La Porte City
Drove alone	88.1%	84.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansdale	La Porte City
1-unit, detached	79.5%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	8.6%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Evansdale	La Porte City
Poverty rate	20.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1962	1960