West Lafayette, Indiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

West Lafayette is 1st in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Foreign born residents

West Lafayette is 2nd in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Race - Asian

West Lafayette is 2nd in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

West Lafayette is 3rd in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

West Lafayette is 3rd in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

West Lafayette is 4th in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Income below poverty line

West Lafayette is 4th in Indiana out of 127 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

West Lafayette is 16th in Indiana out of 125 other cities in Home median value

West Lafayette is 19th in Indiana out of 107 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	West Lafayette	Rank	Indiana	US
Current population (2012)	30,419	30th	6,537,334	313,914,040
Size in square miles	7.6	67th	35,826.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3,886.5	4th	181	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	West Lafayette	Rank	Indiana	US
Residents younger than 5	3.5%	124th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	11.8%	124th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.7%	116th	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	West Lafayette	Rank	Indiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	97.9%	2nd	86.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	74.7%	3rd	22.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	West Lafayette	Rank	Indiana	US
Race - White	76.8%	112th	86.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.7%	55th	9.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	117th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	17.3%	2nd	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	92nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	43rd	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	70th	6.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	74.3%	107th	81.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	West Lafayette	Rank	Indiana	US
Female residents	45.8%	124th	50.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	21.6%	1st	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	West Lafayette	Rank	Indiana	US
Housing units	12,591	31st	2,800,614	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	59.1%	3rd	18.5%	25.9%
Households	12,221	29th	2,472,870	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	33.4%	124th	71.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$171,200	16th	$123,300	$186,200
People per household	2.2	120th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	West Lafayette	Rank	Indiana	US
Income per capita	$22,315	53rd	$24,497	$27,915
Income per household	$29,014	122nd	$48,393	$52,762
Income below poverty line	39.5%	4th	14.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	West Lafayette	Rank	Indiana	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,534	47th	482,847	27,092,908
Retail sales	$268,654	55th	$78,745,589	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,843	105th	$12,408	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$97,076	19th	$11,669,759	$613,795,732

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