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Lafayette Apartments for Rent

Total population: 113,544 (Urban population: 113,297, Rural population: 247 (all nonfarm))

Lafayette, Louisiana Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 46,840 (43,497 occupied: 25,358 owner occupied, 18,139 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	42%
State:	32%

Housing density: 984 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $151,800.

Median contract rent in 2007: $536 (lower quartile is $419, upper quartile is $674)

Housing units in Lafayette with a mortgage: 14,551 (1,433 second mortgage, 1,348 home equity loan, 66 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,615

Lafayette,LA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $158,500 (it was $99,800 in 2000)

Lafayette:	$158,500
Louisiana:	$126,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $107,400 - $228,700

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $206,191
Here: $206,191
State: $177,270

Townhouses or other attached units: $132,201
Here: $132,201
State: $167,971

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $172,392
Here: $172,392
State: $189,844

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $68,743
Here: $68,743
State: $179,688

Mobile homes: $21,386
Here: $21,386
State: $34,481

Median year house/condo built: 1974

Median year apartment built: 1975

Household type by relationship

Households: 105,826

In family households: 85,483 (19,423 male householders, 7,746 female householders)
19,547 spouses, 32,244 children (29,766 natural, 814 adopted, 1,664 stepchildren), 2,193 grandchildren, 1,002 brothers or sisters, 424 parents, 1,156 other relatives, 1,748 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 20,343 (7,369 male householders (5,489 living alone)), 8,768 female householders (7,157 living alone)), 4,206 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,435 (1,918 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 11,083 2-persons, 6,829 3-persons, 5,415 4-persons, 2,552 5-persons, 824 6-persons, 466 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,646 1-person, 3,003 2-persons, 399 3-persons, 52 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons.

16,555 married couples with children.
8,374 single-parent households (1,328 men, 7,046 women).

83.7% of residents of Lafayette speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
12.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 3,536 (3.2%)
(36.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lafayette, Louisiana:
	1 room: 19 2 rooms: 272 3 rooms: 781 4 rooms: 1,818 5 rooms: 5,474 6 rooms: 6,801 7 rooms: 4,767 8 rooms: 2,982 9 or more rooms: 2,444

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lafayette, Louisiana:
	1 room: 779 2 rooms: 2,137 3 rooms: 3,698 4 rooms: 5,775 5 rooms: 3,439 6 rooms: 1,468 7 rooms: 514 8 rooms: 229 9 or more rooms: 100

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 646
1995 to 1998: 2,762
1990 to 1994: 2,340
1980 to 1989: 9,902
1970 to 1979: 12,601
1960 to 1969: 8,765
1950 to 1959: 5,471
1940 to 1949: 2,310
1939 or earlier: 2,043

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lafayette:
	no bedroom: 91 1 bedroom: 659 2 bedrooms: 3,853 3 bedrooms: 14,551 4 bedrooms: 5,502 5 or more bedrooms: 702

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lafayette:
	no bedroom: 884 1 bedroom: 5,993 2 bedrooms: 7,674 3 bedrooms: 3,117 4 bedrooms: 421 5 or more bedrooms: 50

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Lafayette in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,185 1 vehicle: 7,543 2 vehicles: 12,500 3 vehicles: 3,259 4 vehicles: 723 5 or more vehicles: 148

Cars and other vehicles available in Lafayette in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 3,116 1 vehicle: 9,451 2 vehicles: 4,714 3 vehicles: 735 4 vehicles: 58 5 or more vehicles: 65

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Lafayette, LA:

Less than $10,000: 247
$10,000 to $14,999: 124
$15,000 to $19,999: 254
$20,000 to $24,999: 262
$25,000 to $29,999: 196
$30,000 to $34,999: 212
$35,000 to $39,999: 224
$40,000 to $49,999: 652
$50,000 to $59,999: 851
$60,000 to $69,999: 680
$70,000 to $79,999: 671
$80,000 to $89,999: 849
$90,000 to $99,999: 893
$100,000 to $124,999: 3060
$125,000 to $149,999: 3698
$150,000 to $174,999: 2894
$175,000 to $199,999: 2526
$200,000 to $249,999: 3616
$250,000 to $299,999: 2097
$300,000 to $399,999: 1924
$400,000 to $499,999: 909
$500,000 to $749,999: 851
$750,000 to $999,999: 176
$1,000,000 or more: 267

Lafayette rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Lafayette:

Less than $100: 471 people
$100 to $149: 457
$150 to $199: 802
$200 to $249: 563
$250 to $299: 677
$300 to $349: 871
$350 to $399: 1,131
$400 to $449: 1,541
$450 to $499: 1,963
$500 to $549: 2,082
$550 to $599: 2,033
$600 to $649: 1,733
$650 to $699: 1,118
$700 to $749: 1,022
$750 to $799: 882
$800 to $899: 999
$900 to $999: 595
$1,000 to $1,249: 654
$1,250 to $1,499: 135
$1,500 to $1,999: 80
$2,000 or more: 134
No cash rent: 886

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,290 1990 to 1994: 403 1985 to 1989: 404 1980 to 1984: 447 1975 to 1979: 387 1970 to 1974: 108 1970 to 1974: 202 1965 to 1969: 295

Lafayette, LA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 87.4%
Number of people working at home: 1,449 (2.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1641
5 to 9 minutes: 7084
10 to 14 minutes: 10532
15 to 19 minutes: 11075
20 to 24 minutes: 6973
25 to 29 minutes: 1820
30 to 34 minutes: 4273
35 to 39 minutes: 417
40 to 44 minutes: 672
45 to 59 minutes: 1434
60 to 89 minutes: 1325
90 or more minutes: 1655

Lafayette mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 41,515 (82%)
Carpooled: 4,675 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 706 (1%)
Ferryboat: 21 (0%)
Taxi: 170 (0%)
Motorcycle: 35 (0%)
Bicycle: 332 (1%)
Walked: 942 (2%)
Other means: 505 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,449 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 5923
$10,000 to $14,999: 3595
$15,000 to $19,999: 3038
$20,000 to $24,999: 2830
$25,000 to $29,999: 3013
$30,000 to $34,999: 2710
$35,000 to $39,999: 2423
$40,000 to $44,999: 2195
$45,000 to $49,999: 1877
$50,000 to $59,999: 3548
$60,000 to $74,999: 3716
$75,000 to $99,999: 3757
$100,000 to $124,999: 1910
$125,000 to $149,999: 959
$150,000 to $199,999: 785
$200,000 or more: 1027

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 32247

French (except Basque): 15315

United States or American: 9843

French Canadian: 6273

German: 4752

English: 4637

Irish: 3804

Italian: 2582

Acadian/Cajun: 2397

Scotch-Irish: 1169

Arab:: 897

Scottish: 814

Subsaharan African:: 632

African: 514

Lebanese: 450

European: 436

Polish: 373

Swedish: 347

Dutch: 294

Welsh: 280

Norwegian: 253

British: 188

Iranian: 143

Danish: 141

Canadian: 134

Syrian: 120

Greek: 103

Nigerian: 102

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 98

Ukrainian: 98

Other Arab: 92

Egyptian: 85

Czech: 78

Jordanian: 66

Belgian: 55

Israeli: 52

Slavic: 51

Russian: 50

Arab/Arabic: 50

Swiss: 45

Austrian: 43

Celtic: 42

Finnish: 40

Portuguese: 40

Hungarian: 37

Jamaican: 35

Palestinian: 34

Lithuanian: 34

Yugoslavian: 34

Romanian: 33

Northern European: 27

Slovak: 25

British West Indian: 23

Scandinavian: 22

Belizean: 20

Croatian: 17

South African: 16

Eastern European: 16

Czechoslovakian: 15

Australian: 13

Armenian: 13

Latvian: 10

Basque: 10

West Indian: 9

Turkish: 8

Bulgarian: 7

Haitian: 7

Slovene: 5

Dutch West Indian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

India (11%)
Mexico (9%)
Vietnam (8%)
Canada (6%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Cuba (4%)
Germany (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 86231
Northeast: 2203
Midwest: 2972
South: 11725
West: 2795

52% of Lafayette residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Louisiana.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 546
Nursery to 4th grade: 260
5th and 6th grade: 584
7th and 8th grade: 669
9th grade: 909
10th grade: 969
11th grade: 978
12th grade, no diploma: 817
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,255
Less than 1 year of college: 1,504
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,386
Associate degree: 1,106
Bachelor's degree: 7,458
Master's degree: 1,790
Professional school degree: 1,273
Doctorate degree: 608

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 567
Nursery to 4th grade: 389
5th and 6th grade: 503
7th and 8th grade: 1,340
9th grade: 767
10th grade: 1,170
11th grade: 1,078
12th grade, no diploma: 920
High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,049
Less than 1 year of college: 2,496
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,128
Associate degree: 1,435
Bachelor's degree: 7,148
Master's degree: 2,327
Professional school degree: 536
Doctorate degree: 171

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.3%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 16.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 15.8%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 10.7%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 19.2%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 12.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 8.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 11.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.7%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 17.1%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.6%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $50,503
Black householders: $28,481
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $39,430
Asian householders: $45,134
Some other race householders: $35,541
Two or more races householders: $39,235
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $73,640

Lafayette household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Lafayette household income for Black householders

Lafayette household income for Some other race householders

Lafayette household income for Two or more races householders

Lafayette household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Lafayette marital status for males

Lafayette marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $185,022
Black or African American householders: $90,049
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $134,042
Asian householders: $175,493
Some other race householders: $167,870
Two or more races householders: $151,988
Hispanic or Latino householders: $193,598

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 29,738
One, attached: 1,690
Two: 1,211
3 or 4: 2,649
5 to 9: 2,731
10 to 19: 2,702
20 to 49: 1,541
50 or more: 3,257
Mobile homes: 1,316
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

Median worth of mobile homes: $33,500

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Lafayette:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (53%) Electricity (46%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (73%) Utility gas (26%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3,258

Here:	24.9%
Louisiana:	17.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,393

Here:	21.9%
Louisiana:	15.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 609

Here:	6.7%
Louisiana:	16.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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