Lafayette is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 23,349 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Lafayette is the 26th largest community in Colorado.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lafayette is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lafayette is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lafayette who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.60%), management occupations (11.60%), and sales jobs (10.51%).

Also of interest is that Lafayette has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Lafayette is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Lafayette Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Lafayette is a pretty powerful place. 45.65% of the adults in Lafayette have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Lafayette in 2000 was $27,780, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,120 for a family of four.

Lafayette is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lafayette home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lafayette is White, followed by Asian. Lafayette also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.01% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lafayette include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scottish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Lafayette is English. Some people also speak Spanish.