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Lafayette city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Lafayette city is a Census city of 30,602 people across 9.25 square miles of land, in Boulder County. Median household income is $119,040, 65.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 90 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $44.5 m.
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Lafayette
What Lafayette is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.25 sq mi
- Water area0.21 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,307
- County holding the largest share of its areaBoulder 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.
Lafayette
How many people live in Lafayette
- Population30,602
- Median age39.1
- Population under 186,632
- Share under 1821.7 percent
- Population 65 and over4,929
- Share 65 and over16.1 percent
- Households12,628
- Family households7,871
- Share of households that are families62.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
Income and work in Lafayette
- Median household income$119,040
- Per capita income$62,261
- Civilian labor force17,733
- Employed17,056
- Unemployed677 plus or minus 256
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over21,861
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher63.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree26.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
Housing in Lafayette
- Housing units12,939
- Occupied units12,628
- Vacant units311 plus or minus 150
- Vacancy rate2.4 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Owner occupied8,293
- Renter occupied4,335
- Ownership rate65.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$686,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,121
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.4 percent
- Single family units9,378
- Share single family72.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,862
- Share in buildings of two or more22.1 percent
- Mobile homes699 plus or minus 207
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
How Lafayette gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,794
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,740
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,523
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.9 percent
- Drove alone60.0 percent
- Carpooled5.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport1.2 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home30.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
SBA loans in Lafayette (7(a))
- Approvals90
- Gross approval$44,458,900
- Average approval$493,988
- Median approval$181,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,800,000
- Largest approval$3,125,500
- Jobs supported786
- Jobs per approval8.7
- Loans with a final outcome25
- Paid in full25
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.4 percent
- Share to franchises11.1 percent
- Distinct lenders35
- Distinct industries by NAICS56
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lafayette
SBA loans in Lafayette (504)
- Approvals25
- Gross approval$24,195,000
- Average approval$967,800
- Median approval$756,000
- Largest approval$3,217,000
- Jobs supported221
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans18.2 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Boulder County, not Lafayette
Boulder County context, not Lafayette figures
These are Boulder County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lafayette measurements.
- Establishments in Boulder County12,990
- Employment at those establishments, Boulder County159,619
- Covered employment, Boulder County193,920
- Average annual pay, Boulder County$96,397
- Average weekly wage, Boulder County$1,854
- Housing units permitted, Boulder County1,680
- Of those, single family, Boulder County441
- County product, 2024, Boulder County$39,310,907,000
- County product change over the prior year, Boulder County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Boulder County$115,300
Every figure in this section is published for Boulder County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lafayette. 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
Lafayette questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lafayette, Colorado?
30,602, in 12,628 households. Lafayette city covers 9.25 square miles of land, which is 3,307 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lafayette in?
Boulder 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 Lafayette?
$119,040. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $686,500. Median gross rent is $2,121 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lafayette businesses?
90 7(a) approvals totalling $44.5 m, across 35 lenders, median approval $181,000, plus 25 504 approvals worth $24.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lafayette, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lafayette borrowers get paid back?
Of the 25 loans that have reached a final outcome, 25 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Lafayette figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Boulder 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 Lafayette.
Is zoning published for Lafayette?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.