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La Porte City, Iowa Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: La Porte City, Iowa      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  1,532  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,439 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,269 82.8   1.00 or less 1,425 99.0
1-unit, attached 9 0.6   1.01 to 1.50 14 1.0
2 units 51 3.3   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 53 3.5        
5 to 9 units 18 1.2             Specified owner-occupied units 823 100.0
10 to 19 units 34 2.2   VALUE
20 or more units 14 0.9   Less than $50,000 191 23.2
Mobile home 84 5.5   $50,000 to $99,999 428 52.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 153 18.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 42 5.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 9 1.1
1999 to March 2000 7 0.5   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 25 1.6   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 27 1.8   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 94 6.1   Median (dollars) 76,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 251 16.4        
1960 to 1969 203 13.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 347 22.7        
1939 or earlier 578 37.7   With a mortgage 503 61.1
             Less than $300 4 0.5
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 66 8.0
1 room 4 0.3        $500 to $699 171 20.8
2 rooms 29 1.9        $700 to $999 160 19.4
3 rooms 138 9.0        $1,000 to $1,499 77 9.4
4 rooms 201 13.1        $1,500 to $1,999 25 3.0
5 rooms 298 19.5        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 258 16.8        Median (dollars) 722 (x)
7 rooms 241 15.7   Not mortgaged 320 38.9
8 rooms 199 13.0        Median (dollars) 231 (x)
9 or more rooms 164 10.7        
Median (rooms) 5.9 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

1,439 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 426 51.8
1999 to March 2000 153 10.6   15 to 19 percent 142 17.3
1995 to 1998 398 27.7   20 to 24 percent 82 10.0
1990 to 1994 212 14.7   25 to 29 percent 68 8.3
1980 to 1989 254 17.7   30 to 34 percent 39 4.7
1970 to 1979 205 14.2   35 percent or more 58 7.0
1969 or earlier 217 15.1   Not computed 8 1.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 276 100.0
None 68 4.7   GROSS RENT    
1 374 26.0   Less than $200 16 5.8
2 549 38.2   $200 to $299 39 14.1
3 or more 448 31.1   $300 to $499 152 55.1
        $500 to $749 32 11.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 0 0.0
Utility Gas 810 56.3   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 333 23.1   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 216 15.0   No cash rent 37 13.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 39 2.7   Median (dollars) 394 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 24 1.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 12 0.8        
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 54 19.6
No fuel used 5 0.3   15 to 19 percent 64 23.2
        20 to 24 percent 17 6.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 32 11.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 25 9.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 42 15.2
No telephone service 17 1.2   Not computed 42 15.2


- Represents zero or rounds to zero.          (X) Not applicable.          Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.