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Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area

231,353 Population
1,642.2 square miles 140.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,287 ±$1,562 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,515 ±$3,666 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.6% ±2% (33,400  ±4,249) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.2 minutes ±0.9 (2,124,735  ±125,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

95,996 ±1,736 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (214,378  ±1,521) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.6% ±0.8% (1,518  ±477) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

101,604 ±870 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$274,600 ±$10,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

20.1% ±2% (46,124  ±4,542.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.3% ±3.7% (125,783  ±5,274.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.8% ±2.4% (50,184  ±3,337.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.1% ±1.1% (23,447  ±2,630) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.9% ±0.6% (8,928  ±1,084) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,928 Total veterans ±1,084 8,466 Male ±1,046 462 Female ±288

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