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47906

75,198 Population
133.6 square miles 563 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 30.8 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,335 ±$1,543 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $33,768 ±$731
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,103 ±$5,895 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $62,011 ±$1,628
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.6% ±2.2% (17,254  ±1,312) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 17.7% 37,015 (±1.2% / ±2,471)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.2 minutes ±0.5 (488,470  ±23,305) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 19.2 1,867,200 (±0.3 / ±48,751)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,234 ±759 Number of households
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 90,706 ±719
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (60,282  ±457) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 2.3 210,063 (±0 / ±295)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.1% ±0.8% (491  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.5% † 2,665 (±0.8% / ±459)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

29,603 ±667 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 97,674 ±157
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$323,200 ±$11,524 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: $226,100 ±$4,812
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

36.6% ±2.2% (27,301  ±1,611.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 20.6% 46,332 (±1% / ±2,212.8)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.2% ±3.3% (29,337  ±1,315) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 91.9% 121,467 (±1.7% / ±2,306.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
63.9% ±2.8% (19,478  ±1,003.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 36% 47,565 (±1.1% / ±1,488.4)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

17.4% ±1% (13,059  ±715) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 10.6% 23,950
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.8% ±0.6% (1,794  ±354) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area: 4.9% 8,810 (±0.4% / ±695)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,794 Total veterans ±354 1,701 Male ±349 93 Female ±65

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