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Lafayette township, Allen County, IN

4,316 Population
34.5 square miles 125.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allen County: 36.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,123 ±$7,230 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Allen County: $37,766 ±$699
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$119,038 ±$11,911 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Allen County: $70,737 ±$1,048
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.8% ±2.7% (163  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Allen County: 12.5% 48,273 (±0.7% / ±2,603)
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.4 minutes ±0.7 (37,920  ±4,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Allen County: 21.9 3,754,510 (±0.4 / ±88,593)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,530 ±116 Number of households
  • Allen County: 156,570 ±692
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (4,313  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allen County: 2.5 386,683 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±5% (63  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Allen County: 5.8% † 5,411 (±0.6% / ±592)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,602 ±126 Number of housing units
  • Allen County: 166,285 ±118
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$328,500 ±$34,984 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Allen County: $214,900 ±$2,752
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.7% ±3.6% (245  ±155.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Allen County: 13.8% 53,448 (±0.8% / ±3,028.6)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.8% ±9.2% (2,869  ±328.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Allen County: 90.3% 232,568 (±1.3% / ±3,458.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.6% ±6.8% (1,148  ±211.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Allen County: 31.6% 81,348 (±0.7% / ±1,911.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

1.2% ±1.4% (50  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Allen County: 7.8% 30,552
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±4.5% (263  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Allen County: 6.1% 17,926 (±0.3% / ±859)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
263 Total veterans ±143 232 Male ±140 31 Female ±30

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