It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) LaFayette has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. LaFayette has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in LaFayette than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, LaFayette may be for you.
Being a small city, LaFayette does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In LaFayette, just 9.77% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in LaFayette in 2022 was $21,747, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $86,988 for a family of four. However, LaFayette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
LaFayette is a somewhat 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 English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in LaFayette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
