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La Fayette, AL

2,665 Population
8.9 square miles 300.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.3 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 38.7 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$22,796 ±$3,052 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: $30,521 ±$1,388
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$32,999 ±$2,167 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: $53,959 ±$2,244
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

26.7% ±9.5% (638  ±227) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 17.5% † 17,803 (±1.9% / ±1,915)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

26.3 minutes ±4.7 (20,355  ±7,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 23.3 982,295 (±0.8 / ±42,998)
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

1,127 ±133 Number of households
  • the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 39,641 ±727
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.1 ±0.3 (2,398  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 2.6 102,099 (±0.1 / ±650)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

1.7% ±2.5% (10  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 5.3% † 1,298 (±1.1% / ±281)
  • about one-third of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

1,323 ±146 Number of housing units
  • the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 45,682 ±273
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$101,300 ±$47,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: $164,500 ±$7,982
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

9.7% ±4.9% (259  ±128.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 11% † 11,329 (±1.3% / ±1,354.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

80.4% ±11.2% (1,749  ±275.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 86.4% 61,469 (±2.8% / ±1,965.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
11.3% ±5.1% (245  ±111.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 19.8% 14,052 (±1.4% / ±966.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

0.3% ±0.5% (9  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 3.9% 4,097
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

8.7% ±4.1% (204  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the LaGrange, GA-AL Micro Area: 6.9% † 5,500 (±0.7% / ±558)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
204 Total veterans ±96 199 Male ±95 5 Female ±10

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