Baytown vs La Porte

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

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

Baytown has the higher population (84,538 vs 36,077 in La Porte). La Porte has the higher median household income ($81,801 vs $61,699 in Baytown). La Porte has the higher median home value ($217,100 vs $187,900 in Baytown).

Population, income & housing

	Baytown	La Porte
Population	84,538	36,077
Median age	33.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,699	$81,801
Median home value	$187,900	$217,100
Median gross rent	$1,217	$1,327
Housing units	33,865	13,737
Homeownership rate	53.1%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baytown	La Porte
Population	76,635 → 84,538 (+10.3%)	35,246 → 36,077 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$57,270 → $61,699 (+7.7%)	$75,262 → $81,801 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $187,900 (+56.7%)	$148,100 → $217,100 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,217 (+28.8%)	$1,075 → $1,327 (+23.4%)

Baytown

Population

76,63584,538

Median household income

$57,270$61,699

Median home value

$119,900$187,900

Median gross rent

$945$1,217

La Porte

Population

35,24636,077

Median household income

$75,262$81,801

Median home value

$148,100$217,100

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,327

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baytown	La Porte
Under 5	7.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.8%
75 and over	4.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baytown	La Porte
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	50.6%
Black or African American	15.2%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baytown	La Porte
No high school diploma	21.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baytown	La Porte
Drove alone	81.9%	80.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baytown	La Porte
1-unit, detached	59.0%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Baytown	La Porte
Poverty rate	17.7%	12.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1981	1983