Housing density: 635 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $12,087,619.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,780, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,739
Median gross rent in Lafayette, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Lafayette with a mortgage: 4,976 (1,025 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 904 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 38
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $252,501
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $169,693
5,131 married couples with children.
548 single-parent households (318 men, 230 women).
79.3% of residents of Lafayette speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
10.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
4.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 4,014 (15.9%)
(59.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 76.3% Number of people working at home: 5,362 (45.9% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 218
5 to 9 minutes: 556
10 to 14 minutes: 1,229
15 to 19 minutes: 723
20 to 24 minutes: 1,011
25 to 29 minutes: 377
30 to 34 minutes: 678
35 to 39 minutes: 183
40 to 44 minutes: 457
45 to 59 minutes: 798
60 to 89 minutes: 701
90 or more minutes: 191
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 6,306 (49.1%)
Carpooled: 1,120 (8.7%)
Bus: 25 (0.2%)
Subway or elevated rail: 93 (0.7%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 8 (0.1%)
Taxi: 127 (1.0%)
Walked: 172 (1.3%)
Worked at home: 5,362 (41.7%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
6.9%Males
2.9%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
100.0%Males
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
10.5%Males
7.5%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
8.8%Males
3.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
7.0%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Lafayette, California
1,8632010 or later
4882000 to 2009
5951990 to 1999
4531980 to 1989
5601970 to 1979
753Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Iranian: 1,071 (10.0%)
Irish: 957 (8.9%)
German: 677 (6.3%)
English: 579 (5.4%)
European: 456 (4.2%)
Italian: 446 (4.2%)
American: 409 (3.8%)
French: 294 (2.7%)
Eastern European: 214 (2.0%)
Polish: 182 (1.7%)
Norwegian: 155 (1.4%)
British: 148 (1.4%)
Scottish: 131 (1.2%)
Portuguese: 115 (1.1%)
French Canadian: 102 (0.9%)
Russian: 89 (0.8%)
Iraqi: 79 (0.7%)
South African: 65 (0.6%)
Turkish: 61 (0.6%)
Welsh: 61 (0.6%)
Canadian: 59 (0.5%)
Dutch: 57 (0.5%)
Greek: 52 (0.5%)
Armenian: 50 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 43 (0.4%)
Egyptian: 38 (0.4%)
Brazilian: 33 (0.3%)
Serbian: 32 (0.3%)
Afghan: 32 (0.3%)
Northern European: 31 (0.3%)
Swedish: 30 (0.3%)
Basque: 29 (0.3%)
Australian: 26 (0.2%)
Danish: 25 (0.2%)
Czech: 25 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 24 (0.2%)
Slavic: 23 (0.2%)
Croatian: 23 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (0.2%)
Belgian: 20 (0.2%)
Scandinavian: 18 (0.2%)
Haitian: 18 (0.2%)
Lebanese: 14 (0.1%)
Bulgarian: 12 (0.1%)
Romanian: 8 (0.07%)
Swiss: 8 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.07%)
Latvian: 4 (0.04%)
African: 2 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Iran
Lafayette:
15.2% (576)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
India
Lafayette:
10.4% (395)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Canada
Lafayette:
6.2% (234)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Lafayette:
6.1% (232)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
France
Lafayette:
5.0% (189)
California:
0.4% (40,224)
Korea
Lafayette:
4.2% (160)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Australia
Lafayette:
4.2% (159)
California:
0.2% (23,338)
Hong Kong
Lafayette:
3.6% (135)
California:
1.0% (105,215)
Russia
Lafayette:
3.3% (124)
California:
0.7% (71,932)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Lafayette:
3.2% (123)
California:
0.6% (60,582)
Philippines
Lafayette:
3.0% (112)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Brazil
Lafayette:
2.5% (94)
California:
0.5% (53,222)
Netherlands
Lafayette:
2.4% (90)
California:
0.2% (17,937)
Colombia
Lafayette:
2.3% (88)
California:
0.5% (55,249)
South Africa
Lafayette:
1.7% (66)
California:
0.2% (20,614)
Nicaragua
Lafayette:
1.7% (63)
California:
0.6% (58,161)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 14,016
Other state: 6,252
Northeast: 2,302
Midwest: 1,868
South: 1,190
West: 939
89.0% of Lafayette residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 26.5% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 49.8% lived in California.
Lafayette:
89.0%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 116
Nursery to 4th grade: 17
5th and 6th grade: 1
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 15
11th grade: 0
12th grade, no diploma: 13
High school graduate (or equivalency): 458
Less than 1 year of college: 288
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 770
Associate degree: 656
Bachelor's degree: 3,458
Master's degree: 2,171
Professional school degree: 1,091
Doctorate degree: 428
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 17
5th and 6th grade: 37
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 17
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 20
12th grade, no diploma: 40
High school graduate (or equivalency): 424
Less than 1 year of college: 273
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 513
Associate degree: 663
Bachelor's degree: 3,437
Master's degree: 1,764
Professional school degree: 793
Doctorate degree: 547
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 7,226
One, attached: 418
Two: 207
3 or 4: 401
5 to 9: 335
10 to 19: 376
20 to 49: 220
50 or more: 400
Mobile homes: 58
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.3%
House/condo owner moved in on average 19 years ago