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| 1 | Catlett |
| 2 | Villanow / East Armuch... |
| 3 | Mount Carmel / Harrisb... |
| 4 | LaFayette |
REAL ESTATE IN POPULAR La Fayette NEIGHBORHOODS LaFayette, Mount Carmel / Harrisburg, Catlett, Villanow / East Armuchee
POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR La Fayette, GA Calhoun, Chickamauga, Dalton, Menlo, Ringgold, Rock Spring, Rocky Face, Rome, Summerville, Trion
POPULATION
6,635
| LA FAYETTE INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION | 6,635 |
| NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS | 2,971 |
| LA FAYETTE HOME OWNERSHIP | |
| % OWNER OCCUPIED | 54.70% |
| % RENTER OCCUPIED | 37.29% |
| % VACANT | 8.01% |
| TYPE OF LA FAYETTE HOMES | |
| SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED | 70.01% |
| ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES | 1.31% |
| SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS | 15.62% |
| COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS | 10.97% |
| MOBILE HOMES | 2.09% |
| OTHER | 0.00% |
| SIZE OF LA FAYETTE HOMES | |
| NO BEDROOM | 0.33% |
| 1 BEDROOM | 13.03% |
| 2 BEDROOMS | 37.73% |
| 3 BEDROOMS | 38.51% |
| 4 BEDROOMS | 8.21% |
| 5 OR MORE BEDROOMS | 2.19% |
| AGE OF HOMES | |
| NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) | 4.51% |
| ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) | 32.18% |
| WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) | 51.56% |
| HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) | 11.75% |
| LA FAYETTE REAL ESTATE INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| MEDIAN HOME VALUE | $101,264 |
| MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE | $423 |
| HOME VALUE RANGE | |
| $0-$85,000 | 34.65% |
| $85,001-$172,000 | 51.82% |
| $172,001-$343,000 | 10.89% |
| $343,001-$516,000 | 1.29% |
| $516,001-$687,000 | 0.86% |
| $687,001-$859,000 | 0.00% |
| $859,001-$1,288,000 | 0.49% |
| $1,288,001-$1,718,000 | 0.00% |
| > $1,718,000 | 0.00% |
| PEOPLE OF La Fayette | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION DISTRIBUTION | |
| UNDER 5 YEARS | 7.26% |
| 5 TO 17 | 16.53% |
| 18 TO 24 | 8.98% |
| 25 TO 34 | 13.02% |
| 35 TO 54 | 25.37% |
| 55 TO 64 | 9.39% |
| 65 YEARS AND OVER | 19.44% |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS | |
| HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES | 58.65% |
| COLLEGE GRADUATES | 10.45% |
| MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME | $23,093 |
| PER CAPITA INCOME | $12,967 |
| INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL | 20.89% |
| INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN | Manufacturing (33.28%), Retail (11.19%), Construction (8.01%), Public Service (7.28%), Healthcare (7.24%), Education (6.39%), Accomodation (5.57%), Transportation (3.62%), Administration (3.38%), Finance (3.17%), Other (2.85%), Wholesale (2.77%) |
| ATTENDING COLLEGE | 2.80% |
| RACIAL MAKEUP | |
| WHITE | 89.04% |
| BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN | 8.23% |
| AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE | 0.00% |
| ASIAN | 1.12% |
| NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER | 0.00% |
| SOME OTHER RACE ALONE | 0.00% |
| TWO OR MORE RACES | 1.61% |
| HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) | 0.15% |
| ETHNICITIES PRESENT | Unclassified (37.97%), United States or American (21.22%), Other Groups (15.64%), Irish (7.08%), English (5.55%), German (4.07%), European (2.13%) |
| FOREIGN BORN | 1.52% |
| LANGUAGES SPOKEN | English (88.76%) |
La Fayette is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 6,635 people and four constituent neighborhoods, La Fayette is the 137th largest community in Georgia.
When you are in La Fayette, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.3% of La Fayette's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, La Fayette is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Fayette who work in office and administrative support jobs (10.98%), sales jobs (8.62%), and teaching (5.00%).
La Fayette is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of La Fayette isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.6% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small city, La Fayette does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In La Fayette, just 10.45% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.
The per capita income in La Fayette in 2000 was $12,967, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $51,868 for a family of four.
The people who call La Fayette home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in La Fayette is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in La Fayette include Irish, English, German, and European.
The most common language spoken in La Fayette is English.
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