Humidity & wind
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Population
123,311
US Census estimate, July 2025
Median home value
$257,000
Owner-occupied units
Lafayette, LA
Louisiana · 30.206° N, 92.028° W · 56 sq mi
Lafayette is a city in Louisiana, with a population of 123,311 and about 2,185 residents per square mile. The median household earns $61,915 a year, and the median home is worth $257,000.
Conditions
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Local time
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Size & density
Land area
56 sq mi
Water excluded
Population density
2,185
People per square mile
Rank by population
#246
Of cities on this site
Rank by area
#201
Of cities on this site
Money & housing
Median household income
$61,915
US median ≈ $78,538
Median gross rent
$1,100
Per month
Homeownership
53.1%
US ≈ 65%
Average commute
20 min
One way
People
Median age
36.9
US median 39.1
Bachelor's degree +
41.1%
Age 25 and over
Foreign born
7%
Households
52,966
2.25 people each
What people here do for work
Education & health care 25.8%
Professional & business services 14.5%
Retail trade 12.2%
Arts, food & hospitality 11.3%
Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024
Wealthiest person in Louisiana
Name
Todd Graves
Forbes, Apr 2025
Net worth
$17.2B
As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live
Lives in
Baton Rouge
Source of wealth
Fast food
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
Largest employer in Louisiana · private sector
Employer
Ochsner Health
Sector
Healthcare
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.
Largest public company in Louisiana
Company
Lumen Technologies
Revenue
$13.1B
Fiscal year 2024
Headquarters
Monroe
Ticker
LUMN
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
State of Louisiana
State bird
Brown Pelican
State flower
Magnolia
State capital
Baton Rouge
Nickname
The Pelican State
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Cities near Lafayette
- Baton Rouge, LA56 mi · 222,795
- Lake Charles, LA71 mi · 82,676
- Kenner, LA107 mi · 65,136
- Metairie, LA112 mi · 139,729
- Port Arthur, TX114 mi · 55,804
- New Orleans, LA126 mi · 362,154
- Beaumont, TX127 mi · 112,967
Cities about the same size
- Vallejo, CA123,287
- Concord, CA123,261
- Arvada, CO122,901
- Odessa, TX122,707
- Cambridge, MA122,588
- New Braunfels, TX122,492
- Fairfield, CA122,489
- Rochester, MN124,292
More in Louisiana
- Shreveport175,902
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