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Lafayette, IN

73,124 Population
30.4 square miles 2,407.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 31.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,162 ±$2,425 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $36,287 ±$1,562
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$57,003 ±$8,756 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $67,515 ±$3,666
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.8% ±4.3% (11,956  ±3,126) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 15.6% † 33,400 (±2% / ±4,249)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.4 minutes ±0.6 (532,505  ±29,991) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 19.2 1,867,200 (±0.3 / ±48,751)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

33,907 ±1,749 Number of households
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 95,996 ±1,736
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (71,528  ±3,187) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 2.2 214,378 (±0 / ±1,521)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,744,786
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.4% ±0.9% (264  ±166) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 2.6% † 1,518 (±0.8% / ±477)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

35,100 ±1,865 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 101,604 ±870
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$202,800 ±$15,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $274,600 ±$10,170
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

21.4% ±4.6% (15,606  ±3,403.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 20.1% 46,124 (±2% / ±4,542.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.1% ±5.6% (42,846  ±3,270) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 92.3% 125,783 (±3.7% / ±5,274.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.8% ±3.3% (12,406  ±1,666) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 36.8% 50,184 (±2.4% / ±3,337.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13.2% ±3.3% (9,632  ±2,460) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 10.1% † 23,447 (±1.1% / ±2,630)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.4% ±1.4% (3,051  ±817) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.9% † 8,928 (±0.6% / ±1,084)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,051 Total veterans ±817 2,960 Male ±806 91 Female ±102

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