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LaFayette, GA

6,967 Population
8.1 square miles 861.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,992 ±$2,078 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $41,227 ±$675
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,018 ±$10,032 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $72,161 ±$1,254
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.3% ±6% (930  ±391) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 13% 73,215 (±0.6% / ±3,447)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.9 minutes ±4.2 (78,570  ±15,308) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 24.1 5,671,875 (±0.3 / ±107,610)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,887 ±225 Number of households
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 231,335 ±1,284
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (6,488  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 2.4 562,345 (±0 / ±155)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.5% ±7.7% (210  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 5.7% 7,530 (±0.5% / ±635)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,208 ±225 Number of housing units
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 254,730 ±255
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,800 ±$19,030 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $272,400 ±$4,303
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.5% ±6.2% (1,202  ±428.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 13.9% 78,778 (±0.7% / ±3,929.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.6% ±9.2% (4,387  ±506.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 90% 366,386 (±1.2% / ±4,789.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.1% ±3.8% (615  ±193.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 31.9% 129,752 (±0.8% / ±3,068)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about one-third 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

3.4% ±2.9% (240  ±202) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 5% 28,814
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.5% (378  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 6.9% 31,277 (±0.3% / ±1,271)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
378 Total veterans ±141 364 Male ±139 14 Female ±24

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