Channelview vs La Porte

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

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

Channelview has the higher population (43,536 vs 36,077 in La Porte). La Porte has the higher median household income ($81,801 vs $65,775 in Channelview). La Porte has the higher median home value ($217,100 vs $186,300 in Channelview).

Population, income & housing

	Channelview	La Porte
Population	43,536	36,077
Median age	31.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,775	$81,801
Median home value	$186,300	$217,100
Median gross rent	$1,202	$1,327
Housing units	13,680	13,737
Homeownership rate	75.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channelview	La Porte
Population	43,055 → 43,536 (+1.1%)	35,246 → 36,077 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$63,581 → $65,775 (+3.5%)	$75,262 → $81,801 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$124,900 → $186,300 (+49.2%)	$148,100 → $217,100 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,202 (+23.0%)	$1,075 → $1,327 (+23.4%)

Channelview

Population

43,05543,536

Median household income

$63,581$65,775

Median home value

$124,900$186,300

Median gross rent

$977$1,202

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)

	Channelview	La Porte
Under 5	6.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	25.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	8.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.8%
75 and over	3.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channelview	La Porte
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	50.6%
Black or African American	10.3%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	71.8%	37.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channelview	La Porte
No high school diploma	29.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	31.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channelview	La Porte
Drove alone	81.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channelview	La Porte
1-unit, detached	68.7%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Channelview	La Porte
Poverty rate	19.8%	12.3%
Average household size	3.47	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1988	1983