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Lafayette township, Madison County, IN

5,175 Population
35.2 square miles 146.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±5.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Madison County: 40.9 ±0.3
  • 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

$33,706 ±$4,634 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Madison County: $33,926 ±$967
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,857 ±$11,660 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Madison County: $63,037 ±$2,053
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±6.1% (648  ±315) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Madison County: 13.4% 16,882 (±1.3% / ±1,611)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27 minutes ±3.1 (59,980  ±9,085) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Madison County: 26.3 1,400,185 (±0.8 / ±54,228)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,068 ±131 Number of households
  • Madison County: 53,429 ±591
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (5,118  ±45) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Madison County: 2.4 126,873 (±0 / ±76)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.4% ±0.6% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Madison County: 4.8% † 1,366 (±0.8% / ±237)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,339 ±187 Number of housing units
  • Madison County: 59,301 ±63
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$153,800 ±$10,630 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Madison County: $161,300 ±$3,165
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±5.1% (424  ±261.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Madison County: 13.3% 17,407 (±1% / ±1,320.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.5% ±9.6% (3,306  ±406.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Madison County: 90.8% 84,386 (±2% / ±1,814.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.5% ±4.9% (653  ±178.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Madison County: 20.5% 19,029 (±1% / ±880.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about half 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

0.8% ±0.5% (39  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Madison County: 2.1% 2,718
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±2.9% (306  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Madison County: 8% 8,238 (±0.7% / ±678)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
306 Total veterans ±116 230 Male ±82 76 Female ±70

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