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Lafayette, IN
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Living in Lafayette



Lafayette is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 71,402 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, Lafayette is the ninth largest community in Indiana.

Another interesting thing about Lafayette, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.91 minutes getting to work every day.

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.