Lafayette is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 121,389 people and 38 associated neighborhoods, Lafayette is the fifth largest community in Louisiana.

Lafayette real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Lafayette house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Lafayette has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.36% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Lafayette, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Lafayette is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Lafayette a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The citizens of Lafayette are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.98% of adults in Lafayette have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lafayette in 2022 was $37,651, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,604 for a family of four. However, Lafayette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lafayette is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lafayette home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lafayette residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lafayette include French, German, English, Irish, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Lafayette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.