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Lafayette, LA

121,452 Population
56 square miles 2,168.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$40,893 ±$4,219 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $33,027 ±$1,697
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $34,102 ±$426
$61,258 ±$7,412 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $57,311 ±$4,305
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $58,229 ±$1,143

15.2% ±2.6% (18,265  ±3,136) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.9% 77,693 (±1.8% / ±7,307)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 840,146 (±0.6% / ±27,162)

20.5 minutes ±0.7 (1,080,205  ±52,390) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.7 5,081,195 (±0.5 / ±121,250)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 26 48,590,976 (±0.2 / ±384,117)

Families

53,953 ±2,999 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 166,896 ±3,087
  • Louisiana: 1,833,915 ±8,374
2.2 ±0.1 (119,688  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 410,382 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 † 4,450,122 (±,302.9 / ±-555,555,600)

7% ±3.3% (2,080  ±1,000) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 8.2% † 7,975 (±1.8% / ±1,775)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 59,199 (±0.5% / ±5,096)

Housing

61,175 ±2,529 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 189,653 ±52
  • Louisiana: 2,124,930 ±297

$252,100 ±$16,033 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $219,700 ±$8,113
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $215,600 ±$3,099

12.2% ±2.8% (14,551  ±3,318.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 10.2% † 41,470 (±1.5% / ±6,050.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.1% 499,723 (±0.5% / ±21,179.9)

Social

90.9% ±4.8% (77,363  ±4,985.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 87.7% 244,513 (±2.9% / ±8,241.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.8% 2,724,676 (±0.9% / ±28,705.9)
37.5% ±3.4% (31,897  ±3,092) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.9% 72,060 (±1.7% / ±4,760.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 837,518 (±0.5% / ±16,435.4)

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

7.2% ±2.3% (8,766  ±2,761) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.8% † 15,851 (±5,130.7% / ±3,285)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% † 222,672 (±,591.4% / ±11,789)

4.4% ±1.2% (4,217  ±1,120) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 4.3% † 13,508 (±0.6% / ±1,897)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 203,031 (±0.2% / ±7,608)
4,217 Total veterans ±1,120 3,946 Male ±1,103 271 Female ±200

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