LaporteCO
Public schools that outperform most of Colorado.
Is Laporte a good place to live?
The best of Laporte’s subject grades are an A for schools and an A− for health; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Laporte’s median age is 49.9 years, where Colorado’s towns sit at 38.3 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Laporte has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Pleasant Valley School and Jacob and Elizabeth Flowers House. Laporte has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Laporte stand out
Where Laporte beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Laporte for work
Where Laporte’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Laporte grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Laporte is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Laporte: who provides what
Laporte is unincorporated, so Larimer County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Laporte.
On state tests, Laporte’s schools beat 89% of Colorado districts
Its public schools are run by the Poudre School District R-1. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache La Poudre Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 281 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
Laporte ranks healthier than 78% of the country’s towns
Laporte beats the Colorado average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Laporte, close to Colorado’s towns (30%) and below U.S. towns (36%). 72% of Laporte adults had a checkup this year.
| Laporte | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 71% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| What stands out | Laporte | CO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 67.4% | 62.4% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 73.9% | 69.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.3% | 5.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Laporte’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Laporte for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Laporte has added 50 jobs, to 410 in 2023. The top destinations are Fort Collins (33%), Loveland (6%) and Denver (6%).
| Laporte | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 7.7% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer children than Colorado overall
Children under 18 are 11% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (39% statewide). 41% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Laporte.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.5 points. Across Colorado, 49.3% of residents are women.
| Laporte | CO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.8% | 10.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.9% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18% | 15.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.6% | 14.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 4.9% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 27.1% | 11.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.3% | 9.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.3% | 5.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.5% | 7.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.2% | 19.7% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.9% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.8% | 28.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.4% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Avalanches leads a high hazard risk in Laporte
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Laporte, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Laporte has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 16° and about 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Laporte’s typical home value is about $552K
The median rent in Laporte is $1,354 a month.
| Laporte | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,354 a month | $1,808 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 71% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Laporte has set aside 3.1% of its land for conservation
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lions' Open Space | 0.1 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Laporte
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Laporte
About 3 of every 100 Laporte residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
About Laporte
Census-designated place in Larimer County, CO, USA
Laporte (originally spelled La Porte and alternatively spelled LaPorte) is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Laporte post office has the ZIP Code 80535. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Laporte CDP was 2,409.
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- Area
- 6.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,020 ft
- ZIP code
- 80535
- Area code
- 970
Questions about Laporte
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Laporte, CO a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Colorado.
Is Laporte, CO expensive?
That is 5.9 years of the area's median household income ($93,765 across the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.