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La Fayette, AL

2,633 Population
8.9 square miles 297.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±13.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 38.6 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,657 ±$3,006 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: $31,711 ±$1,645
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,601 ±$5,908 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: $54,888 ±$2,590
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

33.4% ±12.5% (795  ±297) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 16.5% 16,871 (±1.6% / ±1,635)
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.1 minutes ±3.9 (20,520  ±6,947) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 23.1 979,235 (±0.8 / ±47,100)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,198 ±126 Number of households
  • the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 40,338 ±601
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (2,393  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 2.5 102,385 (±0 / ±656)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±4.7% (19  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 5% † 1,215 (±1.4% / ±336)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,382 ±150 Number of housing units
  • the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 46,225 ±270
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,900 ±$10,002 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: $182,600 ±$7,072
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±4.2% (224  ±111.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 10.1% † 10,431 (±1.4% / ±1,455.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

74.2% ±12.8% (1,553  ±297) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 87.2% 62,303 (±2.8% / ±1,975.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.5% ±4.2% (178  ±89.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 20.8% 14,821 (±1.4% / ±1,003.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±0.8% (12  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 3.7% 3,891
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±3.7% (147  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 6.6% † 5,316 (±0.7% / ±553)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
147 Total veterans ±84 147 Male ±84 N/A Female ±13

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