Census Reporter

Lafayette, LA

126,674 Population
55.8 square miles 2,269.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,362 ±$1,644 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $29,448 ±$741
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $29,522 ±$268
$54,139 ±$3,359 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $52,827 ±$1,319
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $50,800 ±$360

18.4% ±1.6% (22,522  ±1,946) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.5% 88,782 (±0.8% / ±4,042)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 845,230 (±0.3% / ±12,732)

20.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,178,430  ±59,278) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.5 5,222,735 (±0.5 / ±131,355)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 49,507,695 (±0.2 / ±416,330)

Families

50,252 ±1,189 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 183,685 ±1,444
  • Louisiana: 1,751,956 ±5,502
2.4 ±0.1 (122,088  ±552) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.6 482,417 (±0 / ±721)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,535,225 (±0)

4.4% ±1% (1,371  ±330) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.1% † 7,118 (±0.7% / ±820)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 61,586 (±0.2% / ±2,490)

Housing

57,329 ±935 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 211,408 ±327
  • Louisiana: 2,074,664 ±337

$197,900 ±$6,367 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $162,600 ±$2,887
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $168,100 ±$915

17.1% ±1.5% (21,407  ±1,924.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 13.2% 63,651 (±0.7% / ±3,267.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 12.6% 578,384 (±0.2% / ±10,155.1)

Social

90.3% ±2.8% (77,841  ±2,653.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 85.3% 279,329 (±1.4% / ±4,556.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 85.9% 2,695,344 (±0.5% / ±14,333.9)
39.3% ±1.9% (33,865  ±1,719.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 24.3% 79,456 (±0.7% / ±2,429.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 24.9% 780,547 (±0.3% / ±8,695.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data

4.6% ±0.6% (5,848  ±790) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.3% 15,943 (±0.2% / ±941)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 4.1% 193,041 (±0.1% / ±3,395)

5.9% ±0.8% (5,920  ±788) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.3% 23,257 (±0.4% / ±1,322)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.8% 239,881 (±0.1% / ±4,882)
5,920 Total veterans ±788 5,332 Male ±692 588 Female ±232

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