What is the population of Lafayette city?

Lafayette city has 5,643 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #106 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Lafayette city?

Median household income in Lafayette city is $44,924 a year, 42.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $847 a month and the median home value is $189,800, so rent absorbs about 22.6% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.2× 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 22.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lafayette, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lafayette, Tennessee (Lafayette, TN — Census place “Lafayette city”) is 5,643 residents, ranking #106 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $44,924, the median home is worth $189,800 and median gross rent runs $847 a month. Looking for the Lafayette Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lafayette, TN: 37083.

Population: 5,643Lafayette city residents
Median household income: $44,924Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $189,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $847Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49.1%Owner-occupied households

Lafayette ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lafayette.

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

37083

What the numbers mean in Lafayette city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lafayette city median would spend about 22.6% 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 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.6% of residents and 49.1% 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, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lafayette city is a mid-size town in Tennessee, with 5,643 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #106 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 32.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 $44,924 a year, 42.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee 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 17.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lafayette city is valued at $189,800, 37.4% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $847 a month, 39.8% below the national figure, or roughly $10,164 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.6% 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 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 49.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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 5,643 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #106 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Lafayette city?: Median household income in Lafayette city is $44,924 a year, 42.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lafayette city?: Median gross rent is $847 a month and the median home value is $189,800, so rent absorbs about 22.6% of median household income.
Is Lafayette city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× 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 22.6% 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.