Bellaire vs La Porte

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

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

La Porte has the higher population (36,077 vs 17,116 in Bellaire). Bellaire has the higher median household income ($236,311 vs $81,801 in La Porte). Bellaire has the higher median home value ($978,300 vs $217,100 in La Porte).

Population, income & housing

	Bellaire	La Porte
Population	17,116	36,077
Median age	45.1 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$236,311	$81,801
Median home value	$978,300	$217,100
Median gross rent	$2,705	$1,327
Housing units	6,690	13,737
Homeownership rate	87.9%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellaire	La Porte
Population	18,815 → 17,116 (-9.0%)	35,246 → 36,077 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$206,734 → $236,311 (+14.3%)	$75,262 → $81,801 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$842,700 → $978,300 (+16.1%)	$148,100 → $217,100 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,952 → $2,705 (+38.6%)	$1,075 → $1,327 (+23.4%)

Bellaire

Population

18,81517,116

Median household income

$206,734$236,311

Median home value

$842,700$978,300

Median gross rent

$1,952$2,705

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)

	Bellaire	La Porte
Under 5	4.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	5.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.8%
75 and over	8.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellaire	La Porte
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	50.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellaire	La Porte
No high school diploma	1.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	4.5%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	47.4%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellaire	La Porte
Drove alone	72.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	7.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellaire	La Porte
1-unit, detached	90.0%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Bellaire	La Porte
Poverty rate	2.6%	12.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1995	1983