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Lafayette, IN

67,406 Population
29.4 square miles 2,294.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 30.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$28,822 ±$1,975 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $33,586 ±$1,580
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $37,299 ±$411
$51,328 ±$4,542 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $61,349 ±$2,565
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $69,477 ±$808

17.1% ±3.7% (11,228  ±2,493) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 16.5% † 34,541 (±2% / ±4,284)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,401 (±0.4% / ±24,875)

16.1 minutes ±0.4 (526,300  ±23,506) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 18.9 1,856,690 (±0.2 / ±42,939)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

31,331 ±1,905 Number of households
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 91,594 ±1,874
  • Indiana: 2,754,881 ±9,894
2.1 ±0.2 (65,883  ±3,604) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 2.3 210,579 (±0.1 / ±1,800)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,683,725

4.5% ±2.3% (758  ±391) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.8% † 2,791 (±1.5% / ±866)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,077 (±0.4% / ±5,476)

Housing

33,673 ±1,858 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 98,948 ±869
  • Indiana: 3,002,580 ±509

$190,100 ±$14,514 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $235,300 ±$7,965
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $225,900 ±$1,902

19.1% ±4.6% (12,707  ±3,153) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 21.3% 47,724 (±2.1% / ±4,652.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.5% 848,621 (±0.4% / ±24,387.7)

Social

87.4% ±4% (38,446  ±3,012.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 92% 121,296 (±3.6% / ±4,971.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,173,951 (±0.7% / ±30,298)
28.8% ±3.1% (12,693  ±1,590.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 37.4% 49,319 (±2.3% / ±3,051.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 30.2% 1,394,398 (±0.4% / ±16,999.7)

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

11.8% ±2.8% (7,952  ±1,930) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 10% † 22,609 (±1.1% / ±2,452)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 432,652

5.2% ±1.3% (2,685  ±695) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.6% † 8,198 (±0.8% / ±1,359)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6% 318,287 (±0.2% / ±8,440)
2,685 Total veterans ±695 2,455 Male ±653 230 Female ±191

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