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La Fayette city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
La Fayette city is a Census city of 2,633 people across 8.86 square miles of land, in Chambers County. Median household income is $32,601, 57.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $639,500.
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La Fayette
What La Fayette is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.86 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land297
- County holding the largest share of its areaChambers County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Fayette
How many people live in La Fayette
- Population2,633
- Median age44.1 plus or minus 13.4
- Population under 18400 plus or minus 154
- Share under 1815.2 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Population 65 and over615 plus or minus 172
- Share 65 and over23.4 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Households1,198
- Family households622
- Share of households that are families51.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Fayette
Income and work in La Fayette
- Median household income$32,601
- Per capita income$21,657
- Civilian labor force970 plus or minus 229
- Employed911 plus or minus 233
- Unemployed59 plus or minus 50
- Unemployment rate6.1 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over2,092
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher74.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher8.5 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Fayette
Housing in La Fayette
- Housing units1,382
- Occupied units1,198
- Vacant units184 plus or minus 82
- Vacancy rate13.3 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Owner occupied692 plus or minus 171
- Renter occupied506 plus or minus 150
- Ownership rate57.8 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$85,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$645
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Single family units950 plus or minus 201
- Share single family68.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more336 plus or minus 188
- Share in buildings of two or more24.3 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Mobile homes96 plus or minus 96
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Fayette
How La Fayette gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute818 plus or minus 229
- Commuting under 15 minutes216 plus or minus 117
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.4 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more421 plus or minus 179
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more51.5 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Drove alone82.8 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home9.0 percent plus or minus 6.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
La Fayette
SBA loans in La Fayette (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$639,500
- Average approval$639,500
- Median approval$639,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$639,500
- Largest approval$639,500
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
La Fayette
SBA loans in La Fayette (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$507,000
- Average approval$253,500
- Median approval$257,000
- Largest approval$257,000
- Jobs supported40
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chambers County, not La Fayette
Chambers County context, not La Fayette figures
These are Chambers County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as La Fayette measurements.
- Establishments in Chambers County572
- Employment at those establishments, Chambers County7,897
- Covered employment, Chambers County9,087
- Average annual pay, Chambers County$52,152
- Average weekly wage, Chambers County$1,003
- Housing units permitted, Chambers County38
- Of those, single family, Chambers County38
- County product, 2024, Chambers County$1,240,169,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chambers County7.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chambers County$70,455
Every figure in this section is published for Chambers County as a whole and is not a measurement of La Fayette. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
La Fayette questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in La Fayette, Alabama?
2,633, in 1,198 households. La Fayette city covers 8.86 square miles of land, which is 297 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is La Fayette in?
Chambers County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in La Fayette?
$32,601. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $85,900. Median gross rent is $645 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to La Fayette businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $639,500, across 1 lenders, median approval $639,500, plus 2 504 approvals worth $507,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in La Fayette, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to La Fayette borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for La Fayette. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page La Fayette figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chambers County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of La Fayette.
Is zoning published for La Fayette?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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