La Porte, TX: how dark is the sky here?

La Porte reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. La Porte's sky is brighter than 74.9% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far La Porte is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Seabrook, TX, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Seabrook, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How La Porte compares nationally

About 38,046 people live in La Porte, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. La Porte places 2,389 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.