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Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area

226,830 Population
1,642.2 square miles 138.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,586 ±$1,580 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,349 ±$2,565 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.5% ±2% (34,541  ±4,284) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19 minutes ±0.5 (1,941,675  ±93,851) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

91,594 ±1,874 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (210,579  ±1,800) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.8% ±1.5% (2,791  ±866) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

98,948 ±869 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$235,300 ±$7,965 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

21.3% ±2.1% (47,724  ±4,652.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92% ±3.6% (121,296  ±4,971.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
37.4% ±2.3% (49,319  ±3,051.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

10% ±1.1% (22,609  ±2,452) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4.6% ±0.8% (8,198  ±1,359) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,198 Total veterans ±1,359 7,636 Male ±1,345 562 Female ±283

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