What is the population of Lafayette city?

Lafayette city has 4,428 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #109 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Lafayette city?

Median household income in Lafayette city is $96,419 a year, 22.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,144 a month and the median home value is $383,000, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4× 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 14.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lafayette, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lafayette, Oregon (Lafayette, OR — Census place “Lafayette city”) is 4,428 residents, ranking #109 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $96,419, the median home is worth $383,000 and median gross rent runs $1,144 a month. Looking for the Lafayette Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lafayette, OR: 97127.

Population: 4,428Lafayette city residents
Median household income: $96,419Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $383,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,144Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 89.1%Owner-occupied households

Lafayette ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lafayette.

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

97127

What the numbers mean in Lafayette city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lafayette city median would spend about 14.2% 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 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.8% of residents and 89.1% 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, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lafayette city is a small town in Oregon, with 4,428 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #109 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 34.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Lafayette city earn a median of $96,419 a year, 22.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 30% above the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon 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 5.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lafayette city is valued at $383,000, 26.2% above the national figure and within a couple of points of the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,144 a month, 18.6% below the national figure, or roughly $13,728 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 89.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Lafayette city?: Lafayette city has 4,428 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #109 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Lafayette city?: Median household income in Lafayette city is $96,419 a year, 22.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lafayette city?: Median gross rent is $1,144 a month and the median home value is $383,000, so rent absorbs about 14.2% of median household income.
Is Lafayette city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× 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 14.2% 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. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.