Lafayette is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 71,216 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, Lafayette is the ninth largest community in Indiana.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.47% 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 of the benefits of Lafayette is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.55 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

The percentage of people in Lafayette who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.12% of adults in Lafayette have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lafayette in 2022 was $30,181, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,724 for a family of four. However, Lafayette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lafayette is a very 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. Lafayette also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lafayette include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian.

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