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Lafayette, LA
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Lafayette profile


Living in Lafayette



Lafayette is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 121,389 people and 38 associated neighborhoods, Lafayette is the fifth largest community in Louisiana.

Lafayette real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Lafayette house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.36% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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.

The citizens of Lafayette are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.98% of adults in Lafayette have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lafayette in 2018 was $37,651, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,604 for a family of four. However, Lafayette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lafayette is an extremely 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. Important ancestries of people in Lafayette include French, German, English, Irish, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Lafayette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.