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Lafayette township, Owen County, IN

1,380 Population
29.1 square miles 47.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Owen County: 45 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,743 ±$7,241 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Owen County: $34,451 ±$2,326
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,953 ±$9,854 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Owen County: $62,464 ±$5,041
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.8% ±12.9% (150  ±171) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Owen County: 12.3% † 2,616 (±2.4% / ±503)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

52.8 minutes ±10.4 (26,090  ±14,282) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Owen County: 35.5 321,255 (±2.4 / ±26,791)
  • more than double the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

489 ±126 Number of households
  • Owen County: 8,618 ±259
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.7 (1,380  ±476) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Owen County: 2.5 21,350 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

539 ±117 Number of housing units
  • Owen County: 9,918 ±27
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,500 ±$31,929 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Owen County: $172,400 ±$11,458
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23% ±15.4% (317  ±238.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Owen County: 11.1% † 2,380 (±2.9% / ±626.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±4.3% (802  ±205) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Owen County: 87.6% 13,760 (±4.4% / ±696.1)
  • 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)
13.8% ±6.1% (125  ±63.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Owen County: 16.8% † 2,634 (±2.1% / ±334.5)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

13.5% ±11.8% (128  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Owen County: 9.5% † 1,633 (±1.4% / ±245)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
128 Total veterans ±117 114 Male ±114 14 Female ±22

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