One thing that you will notice about Lafayette is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Lafayette a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.
One of the benefits of Lafayette is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.91 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
In terms of college education, Lafayette is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.84% of adults 25 and older in the city 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.
