What is the population of Lafayette city?

Lafayette city has 30,471 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 482 in Colorado.

What is the median household income in Lafayette city?

Median household income in Lafayette city is $110,431 a year, 40.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lafayette city?

Median gross rent is $2,042 a month and the median home value is $647,600, so rent absorbs about 22.2% of median household income.

Is Lafayette city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lafayette city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lafayette, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lafayette, Colorado (Lafayette, CO — Census place “Lafayette city”) is 30,471 residents, ranking #32 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $110,431, the median home is worth $647,600 and median gross rent runs $2,042 a month. Looking for the Lafayette Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lafayette, CO: 80026.

Population: 30,471Lafayette city residents
Median household income: $110,431Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $647,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,042Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.7%Owner-occupied households

Lafayette ZIP codes (Colorado)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lafayette.

The Lafayette CO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

80026

What the numbers mean in Lafayette city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lafayette city median would spend about 22.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.1% of residents and 66.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Lafayette city, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lafayette city is a small city in Colorado, with 30,471 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #32 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 39.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lafayette city earn a median of $110,431 a year, 40.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 28% above the $86,484 median for the 223 Colorado cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 6.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lafayette city is valued at $647,600, 113.4% above the national figure and 43% above the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,042 a month, 45.2% above the national figure, or roughly $24,504 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 66.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Lafayette city?: Lafayette city has 30,471 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 482 in Colorado.
What is the median household income in Lafayette city?: Median household income in Lafayette city is $110,431 a year, 40.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lafayette city?: Median gross rent is $2,042 a month and the median home value is $647,600, so rent absorbs about 22.2% of median household income.
Is Lafayette city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lafayette city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lafayette city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.