Laporte vs Park Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Laporte and Park Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

Laporte and Park Rapids are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Park Rapids has the higher population (4,226 vs 74 in Laporte). Laporte has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $45,800 in Park Rapids). Park Rapids has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $143,200 in Laporte).

Population, income & housing

	Laporte	Park Rapids
Population	74	4,226
Median age	65.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$45,800
Median home value	$143,200	$218,500
Median gross rent	—	$912
Housing units	41	2,098
Homeownership rate	100.0%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laporte	Park Rapids
Population	152 → 74 (-51.3%)	4,054 → 4,226 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $57,500 (+39.4%)	$34,973 → $45,800 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$100,800 → $143,200 (+42.1%)	$144,900 → $218,500 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $531 (+0.2%)	$572 → $912 (+59.4%)

Laporte

Population

15274

Median household income

$41,250$57,500

Median home value

$100,800$143,200

Median gross rent

$530$531

Park Rapids

Population

4,0544,226

Median household income

$34,973$45,800

Median home value

$144,900$218,500

Median gross rent

$572$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laporte	Park Rapids
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	2.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	2.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	23.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	39.2%	14.4%
75 and over	10.8%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laporte	Park Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laporte	Park Rapids
No high school diploma	13.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	26.4%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laporte	Park Rapids
Drove alone	36.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	23.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	30.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laporte	Park Rapids
1-unit, detached	82.9%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.7%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Laporte	Park Rapids
Poverty rate	23.0%	13.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1974	1981