La Fayette is home to 2,633 people in Alabama. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 9% of adults. The poverty rate is 33.4%, above the 12.5% national rate. Households here earn about 49% less than in Alabama as a whole. The typical home is worth $85,900, having risen by half since 2000. The median age is 44.1, about 5 years above the US median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $32,601, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
9% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about La Fayette
What changed most since 1990
Population3,205 → 2,633(−18%)US over the same years: +35%
White share37.3% → 29.3%(−8.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants65.9% → 57.8%(−8.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
La Fayette's population equals 7.7% of Chambers County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.7% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 29% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.4%(33)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)12.9%(19)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era17.7%(26)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.7%(4)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 147 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
La Fayette, decade by decade
La Fayette population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,205
$45,232
$86,402
11.3%
59.6
2000
3,234
$41,475
$89,808
10.3%
56.2
2010
3,003
$37,862
$116,380
8.1%
56.2
2020
2,684
$35,692
$133,445
12.1%
56.8
2024
2,633
$32,601
$85,900
8.5%
53.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
