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Lafayette, CO

30,471 Population
9.2 square miles 3,300.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$62,309 ±$3,413 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $60,272 ±$1,436
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$110,431 ±$12,214 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $102,772 ±$2,628
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

6.1% ±1.4% (1,844  ±418) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 11.5% 36,145 (±0.6% / ±1,956)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

24 minutes ±1.3 (299,285  ±23,935) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 23.2 2,917,150 (±0.5 / ±85,560)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

13,056 ±478 Number of households
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 135,230 ±616
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.3 ±0.1 (30,366  ±45) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 2.3 315,209 (±0 / ±174)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

6.1% ±2.2% (433  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 3.2% † 2,656 (±0.5% / ±440)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

13,323 ±503 Number of housing units
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 142,809 ±122
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$647,600 ±$21,177 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $713,900 ±$8,867
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

15.3% ±2.7% (4,607  ±815.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 21.7% 70,901 (±0.9% / ±2,838.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

95.4% ±4.3% (20,874  ±1,065) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 95.5% 209,307 (±1.4% / ±3,159)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
65.6% ±3.6% (14,348  ±845.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 63.9% 140,031 (±1.1% / ±2,398.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)

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

10.6% ±1.8% (3,238  ±541) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 10.1% 32,991
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

3% ±0.6% (724  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 4.4% 11,814 (±0.3% / ±723)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
724 Total veterans ±150 608 Male ±138 116 Female ±66

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