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47905

42,219 Population
120.4 square miles 350.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 30.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,705 ±$1,978 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $33,768 ±$731
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,861 ±$2,897 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $62,011 ±$1,628
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.6% ±3.3% (6,081  ±1,374) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 17.7% 37,015 (±1.2% / ±2,471)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±0.9 (349,585  ±24,158) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 19.2 1,867,200 (±0.3 / ±48,751)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,755 ±697 Number of households
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 90,706 ±719
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (41,826  ±1,391) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 2.3 210,063 (±0 / ±295)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.5% ±3.2% (907  ±310) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.5% † 2,665 (±0.8% / ±459)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,603 ±724 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 97,674 ±157
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$235,600 ±$11,277 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $226,100 ±$4,812
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±2.1% (4,939  ±871) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 20.6% 46,332 (±1% / ±2,212.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.5% ±2.6% (25,901  ±1,212.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 91.9% 121,467 (±1.7% / ±2,306.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.6% ±2.1% (9,223  ±682) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 36% 47,565 (±1.1% / ±1,488.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.6% ±1.5% (4,048  ±655) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 10.6% 23,950
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1% (1,754  ±315) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.9% 8,810 (±0.4% / ±695)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,754 Total veterans ±315 1,624 Male ±305 130 Female ±67

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