Demographics of Lafayette city, California

Lafayette city, California had 25,313 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −81 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Lafayette city, in four figures

25,313
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 25,285 ±35.; −0.3%
Change since July 2020: −81 people.; 45.7 ±1.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $228,250 ±$25,040
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Lafayette city, California's population shrank 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Lafayette city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Lafayette city, California's population shrank 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Lafayette city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	25,394	100.0	100.0
2021	25,313	99.7	100.2
2022	25,184	99.2	100.7
2023	25,189	99.2	101.6
2024	25,319	99.7	102.5
2025	25,313	99.7	103.1

Population of Lafayette city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	25,394	—
2021	25,313	−81
2022	25,184	−129
2023	25,189	+5
2024	25,319	+130
2025	25,313	−6

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 45.7 ±1.4: for men 45.7 ±2.2 and for women 45.7 ±1.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Lafayette city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	1,178 ±256	4.7% ±1.0	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,316 ±603	21.0% ±2.4	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,202 ±254	4.8% ±1.0	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,654 ±579	18.4% ±2.3	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,554 ±604	29.9% ±2.4	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,381 ±555	21.3% ±2.2	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $228,250 ±$25,040, and income per person $123,402 ±$7,754, in 2024 dollars. The median is $99,122 ±$310 in California and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Lafayette city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	434 ±161	4.5% ±1.7	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	445 ±186	4.6% ±1.9	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	755 ±235	7.8% ±2.4	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	302 ±101	3.1% ±1.0	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,235 ±291	12.8% ±3.0	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,086 ±261	11.3% ±2.7	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	5,366 ±340	55.8% ±3.0	20.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Lafayette city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	733 ±291	2.9% ±1.2	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	25 to 171	0.4% to 2.6%	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	165 to 545	1.4% to 4.7%	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	280 ±129	3.9% ±1.8	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Lafayette city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lafayette city	California	United States
Housing units	9,998 ±333	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.2% ±0.8	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	3.8% ±1.4	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.1% ±2.6	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.9% ±2.8	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	At the edge of the top or bottom interval	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$2,892 ±$302	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1960 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Lafayette city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,028 ±545	8.0% ±2.2	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	18,159 ±857	71.8% ±3.4	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	43 to 339	0.2% to 1.3%	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	2,552 ±501	10.1% ±2.0	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 25	0% to 0.1%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 47	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	6 to 104	< 0.1% to 0.4%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,282 ±560	9.0% ±2.2	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Lafayette city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	15,044 ±732	59.5% ±2.9	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,019 ±652	23.8% ±2.6	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	680 ±227	2.7% ±0.9	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	3,542 ±589	14.0% ±2.3	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,216 ±411	8.8% ±1.6	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,326 ±410	5.2% ±1.6	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Lafayette city among the places of California

302nd of 661 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the California page.

Places of California near Lafayette city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Bloomington CDP	25,698 ±1,861
West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP	25,615 ±1,493
Reedley city	25,609 ±29
Mountain House CDP	25,513 ±2,041
Dinuba city	25,475 ±27
Lafayette city	25,285 ±35
Riverbank city	25,166 ±91
Loma Linda city	25,122 ±37
Barstow city	25,100 ±70
Norco city	25,054 ±118
Seal Beach city	24,722 ±41

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places by median household income
No. 1 Places in California by median household income
No. 4 Places in California by median rent
No. 6 Places by median rent
No. 8 Places in California by per capita income
No. 25 Places by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026