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West Lafayette Community School Corporation, IN

27,718 Population
4.3 square miles 6,435.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tippecanoe County: 28.8 ±0.3
  • 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

$30,074 ±$2,088 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tippecanoe County: $33,313 ±$837
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,734 ±$3,870 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Tippecanoe County: $60,636 ±$1,807
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

38.4% ±3.5% (9,303  ±891) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Tippecanoe County: 19.2% 33,123 (±1.4% / ±2,456)
  • 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)

15.8 minutes ±1.1 (169,950  ±16,525) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tippecanoe County: 17.9 1,436,540 (±0.3 / ±41,891)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,742 ±538 Number of households
  • Tippecanoe County: 75,808 ±693
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (24,176  ±662) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tippecanoe County: 2.3 172,642 (±0 / ±295)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.2% ±0.8% (108  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tippecanoe County: 4.3% † 2,170 (±0.8% / ±425)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,911 ±518 Number of housing units
  • Tippecanoe County: 80,647 ±159
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$351,900 ±$13,058 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Tippecanoe County: $239,300 ±$5,837
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

38.8% ±3.7% (10,714  ±1,072.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tippecanoe County: 22.9% 42,814 (±1.1% / ±2,118.2)
  • 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

97.9% ±5.4% (9,792  ±787.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tippecanoe County: 92.3% 97,538 (±2.1% / ±2,193.1)
  • about 10 percent 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)
78.2% ±5.2% (7,824  ±693) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Tippecanoe County: 40.5% 42,827 (±1.4% / ±1,446.7)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • more than double 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

22.2% ±2.2% (6,146  ±623) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Tippecanoe County: 12.3% 23,294
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.5% ±0.5% (368  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Tippecanoe County: 4.3% † 6,538 (±0.4% / ±655)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
368 Total veterans ±119 346 Male ±114 22 Female ±20

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