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West Lafayette, IN

44,802 Population
13.6 square miles 3,304.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 30.8 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$23,738 ±$1,321 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $32,672 ±$877
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$33,497 ±$3,819 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $59,895 ±$1,417
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

37.4% ±3% (11,404  ±913) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 17.4% 36,297 (±1.1% / ±2,232)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

15.4 minutes ±0.7 (250,040  ±19,368) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 18.9 1,856,690 (±0.2 / ±42,939)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

14,526 ±590 Number of households
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 89,267 ±660
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.1 ±0.1 (30,461  ±450) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 2.3 208,540 (±0 / ±283)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

1.1% ±0.6% (164  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.7% † 2,747 (±0.8% / ±451)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

16,309 ±619 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 96,331 ±131
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$318,100 ±$16,572 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $204,300 ±$4,404
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

46% ±2.9% (20,525  ±1,289.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 20.6% 45,782 (±1% / ±2,297.5)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

97.4% ±4.4% (13,290  ±877.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 91.6% 120,064 (±1.8% / ±2,409.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
71.2% ±4.2% (9,718  ±737.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 35.4% 46,334 (±1.2% / ±1,529.7)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

21.1% ±1.5% (9,430  ±668) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 10.4% 23,314
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

1.8% ±0.6% (730  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.9% 8,751 (±0.4% / ±682)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
730 Total veterans ±242 698 Male ±241 32 Female ±25

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