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Lafayette, LA

122,273 Population
56.2 square miles 2,176.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,255 ±$3,746 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $35,427 ±$1,657
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,440 ±$571
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$59,445 ±$4,827 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $60,527 ±$3,290
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $60,986 ±$803
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.4% ±4% (24,657  ±4,803) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.5% † 76,775 (±1.9% / ±8,070)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 835,267 (±0.6% / ±28,512)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20 minutes ±0.6 (1,055,475  ±43,249) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.2 4,279,100 (±0.5 / ±114,876)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

54,716 ±2,010 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 165,589 ±2,545
  • Louisiana: 1,848,965 ±8,172
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (120,474  ±108) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 415,792 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,474,016
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±3.5% (1,335  ±993) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.7% † 5,536 (±1.7% / ±1,681)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,866 (±0.4% / ±4,761)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,395 ±1,981 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 191,970 ±66
  • Louisiana: 2,138,882 ±318
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$263,600 ±$18,618 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $222,100 ±$7,824
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $223,200 ±$2,575
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.8% ±3.3% (17,878  ±3,953.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 9.3% † 38,614 (±1.3% / ±5,527.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 10.6% 480,382 (±0.5% / ±22,340.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.6% ±5% (80,309  ±5,280.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 89.2% 251,492 (±3% / ±8,672.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 88.2% 2,749,670 (±0.9% / ±28,980.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.3% ±3.5% (36,167  ±3,353.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 29.5% 83,261 (±1.7% / ±4,783.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 27.8% 867,511 (±0.5% / ±16,543.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

7.9% ±2.3% (9,671  ±2,790) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 4.3% 18,223
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.2% 239,225
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.9% ±1.2% (4,848  ±1,216) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.2% † 16,524 (±0.7% / ±2,234)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,934 (±0.2% / ±7,249)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,848 Total veterans ±1,216 4,615 Male ±1,195 233 Female ±175

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