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Lafayette, IN

72,326 Population
29.4 square miles 2,462 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 31.4 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,612 ±$2,358 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $30,646 ±$1,502
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $35,984 ±$351
$51,439 ±$3,255 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $56,176 ±$3,642
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $66,785 ±$659

16.6% ±3.4% (11,805  ±2,466) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 18.4% 38,595 (±1.7% / ±3,603)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.6% 834,550 (±0.4% / ±28,746)

16.4 minutes ±0.4 (542,815  ±25,287) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 19.3 1,891,635 (±0.3 / ±47,780)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,930,790 (±0.1 / ±439,123)

Families

32,604 ±1,765 Number of households
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 91,610 ±1,835
  • Indiana: 2,726,489 ±11,359
2.2 ±0.2 (70,869  ±3,614) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 2.3 209,813 (±0.1 / ±1,879)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,654,508

8.5% ±4.6% (1,636  ±905) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.9% † 2,859 (±1.9% / ±1,094)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,329 (±0.3% / ±5,168)

Housing

34,239 ±1,902 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 97,472 ±1,153
  • Indiana: 2,977,176 ±875

$155,900 ±$11,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $208,700 ±$9,840
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $208,700 ±$1,866

18.1% ±4.1% (12,807  ±2,957.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 24.1% † 53,843 (±2.5% / ±5,653.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 12.9% 870,398 (±0.4% / ±27,508)

Social

87.9% ±4.4% (41,409  ±3,158.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 90.9% 120,755 (±3.6% / ±4,956.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,135,072 (±0.7% / ±30,303.2)
25.4% ±3.1% (11,953  ±1,609.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 33% 43,796 (±2.2% / ±3,013.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.6% 1,357,012 (±0.4% / ±16,591.8)

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

11.7% ±2.9% (8,488  ±2,105) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 10.6% 23,890 (±1% / ±2,321)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 6.1% 414,526

5.7% ±1.5% (3,136  ±843) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.7% † 8,478 (±0.7% / ±1,327)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.2% 325,180 (±0.2% / ±8,917)
3,136 Total veterans ±843 2,689 Male ±798 447 Female ±295

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