One thing noticeable about Lafayette, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Lafayette is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Lafayette a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Lafayette spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.91 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The percentage of people in Lafayette who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.84% of adults in Lafayette have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lafayette in 2018 was $29,523, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,092 for a family of four. However, Lafayette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lafayette is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lafayette home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lafayette residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lafayette also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.49% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lafayette include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Lafayette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
