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Lafayette town, Chippewa County, WI

6,248 Population
34.5 square miles 181.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chippewa County: 41.7 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$53,771 ±$10,442 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Chippewa County: $38,212 ±$1,417
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$98,625 ±$13,676 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Chippewa County: $74,009 ±$2,884
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

3.1% ±2.2% (190  ±135) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Chippewa County: 9.2% † 5,892 (±1.3% / ±826)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

27.3 minutes ±3.8 (82,080  ±15,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chippewa County: 22.9 670,565 (±0.6 / ±25,812)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

2,484 ±161 Number of households
  • Chippewa County: 26,567 ±336
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.5 ±0.2 (6,235  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chippewa County: 2.4 63,654 (±0 / ±130)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

10.7% ±9.2% (144  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chippewa County: 6.3% † 835 (±1.4% / ±186)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

2,677 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Chippewa County: 29,017 ±166
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$328,200 ±$35,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Chippewa County: $237,700 ±$7,212
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

7.7% ±4.4% (472  ±268) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chippewa County: 13.3% † 8,780 (±1.6% / ±1,033.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

98% ±10.6% (4,398  ±531) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 93.5% 44,509 (±2.7% / ±1,284)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
41.5% ±7.3% (1,865  ±340.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chippewa County: 24.1% 11,494 (±1.4% / ±665)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±1.2% (74  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chippewa County: 1.6% 1,081
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

7.4% ±2.3% (360  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Chippewa County: 7.7% 4,030 (±0.6% / ±333)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
360 Total veterans ±114 336 Male ±118 24 Female ±24

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