Best PlacesLa Porte, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Porte, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
La Porte ranks 1,252nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in La Porte
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
La Porte's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Porte ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 81% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 77% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 70% of cities
Where La Porte ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 16% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 16% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 30% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in La Porte
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Porte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,084, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses La Porte's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in La Porte
La Porte's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for La Porte.
Who works in La Porte, and how
Work in La Porte centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in La Porte
La Porte has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of La Porte and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in La Porte, month by month
La Porte sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of La Porte
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around La Porte
Schools across La Porte average a B−, better than 48% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- F Willard Crichfield ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Rolling Prairie Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Prairie Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Kesling Intermediate SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Laporte Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- New Prairie High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Westville High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- South Central Jr-sr High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Porte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Porte measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare La Porte against the other 2,097 cities.
Who La Porte suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in La Porte
Is La Porte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Porte ranks 1,252nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, fast internet, and state infrastructure, and lowest on health outcomes and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Porte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,643. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $78,084 median income, cost of living beats 48% of cities.
Is La Porte safe?
La Porte is safer than 47% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in La Porte?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 33 with lows near 20. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of cities.
Is La Porte good for families?
Schools beat 48% of cities, crime safety beats 47%, and childcare runs $878 a month.
Compare La Porte with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Porte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Porte represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
La Porte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Porte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Porte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Porte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Porte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Porte detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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