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Lafayette, LA

121,763 Population
55.9 square miles 2,177.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$35,249 ±$2,818 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $29,457 ±$1,172
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $30,117 ±$463
$57,953 ±$6,091 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $53,931 ±$2,784
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $52,087 ±$750

20% ±3.7% (23,615  ±4,316) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 19.6% † 92,797 (±2.2% / ±10,553)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 19.6% 883,236 (±0.7% / ±30,108)

21.1 minutes ±0.9 (1,141,780  ±56,705) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 26 5,192,455 (±0.6 / ±140,176)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.9 48,904,560 (±0.2 / ±385,647)

Families

51,150 ±2,374 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 187,662 ±3,448
  • Louisiana: 1,783,924 ±7,696
2.3 ±0.1 (117,815  ±1,441) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 472,557 (±0.1 / ±1,872)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,502,299 (±0)

4.3% ±1.6% (1,324  ±501) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.2% † 5,947 (±1.4% / ±1,582)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.5% 59,760 (±0.5% / ±4,989)

Housing

56,725 ±2,575 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 215,978 ±740
  • Louisiana: 2,093,387 ±356

$214,800 ±$24,148 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $181,000 ±$8,051
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $192,800 ±$3,009

19.5% ±3.6% (23,499  ±4,361.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 12.2% † 57,554 (±1.8% / ±8,438)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 12.8% 583,900 (±0.5% / ±23,024)

Social

89.3% ±5.2% (72,634  ±5,034.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 86.2% 275,568 (±2.8% / ±9,197.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.7% 2,701,889 (±0.9% / ±28,997.2)
39.1% ±3.6% (31,800  ±3,184.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 24.4% 77,848 (±1.5% / ±4,840.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 26.5% 824,369 (±0.5% / ±16,408.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

6.3% ±1.4% (7,689  ±1,658) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.1% † 14,806 (±0.4% / ±2,048)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.3% 199,915 (±0.2% / ±9,492)

5.7% ±1.3% (5,424  ±1,225) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.6% † 20,250 (±0.7% / ±2,583)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.3% 221,316 (±0.2% / ±8,461)
5,424 Total veterans ±1,225 4,779 Male ±1,215 645 Female ±521

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