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Lafayette, IN Urban Area

165,110 Population
68.7 square miles 2,401.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,300 ±$1,884 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,855 ±$4,949 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.4% ±2.6% (28,741  ±3,866) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.3 minutes ±1.1 (1,390,475  ±111,839) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

68,973 ±1,630 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (148,519  ±2,769) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2% ±0.9% (893  ±413) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

72,393 ±1,080 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$280,800 ±$11,057 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

25.4% ±2.6% (41,784  ±4,286.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.4% ±4.6% (82,100  ±4,468) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.3% ±3.2% (36,685  ±2,980) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

13.2% ±1.6% (21,757  ±2,716) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.7% ±0.7% (4,964  ±931) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,964 Total veterans ±931 4,819 Male ±926 145 Female ±131

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