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LaFayette city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
LaFayette city is a Census city of 6,967 people across 8.09 square miles of land, in Walker County. Median household income is $46,018, 60.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 19 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $13.5 m.
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LaFayette
What LaFayette is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.09 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land862
- County holding the largest share of its areaWalker 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
- Population6,967
- Median age43.0
- Population under 181,278 plus or minus 279
- Share under 1818.3 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over1,408
- Share 65 and over20.2 percent
- Households2,887
- Family households1,700
- Share of households that are families58.9 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$46,018 plus or minus $10,032
- Per capita income$23,992
- Civilian labor force3,299
- Employed3,279
- Unemployed20 plus or minus 23
- Unemployment rate0.6 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Adults 25 and over5,066
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.1 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.3 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
LaFayette
Housing in LaFayette
- Housing units3,208
- Occupied units2,887
- Vacant units321 plus or minus 140
- Vacancy rate10.0 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Owner occupied1,735
- Renter occupied1,152 plus or minus 230
- Ownership rate60.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$144,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$840
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.9 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Single family units2,406
- Share single family75.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more710 plus or minus 200
- Share in buildings of two or more22.1 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Mobile homes92 plus or minus 73
- Median year structure built1964
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 commute2,924
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,206 plus or minus 296
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.2 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,327 plus or minus 299
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.4 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Drove alone74.2 percent
- Carpooled13.6 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home8.1 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
LaFayette
SBA 7(a) lending to LaFayette borrowers
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$13,532,400
- Average approval$712,232
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,091,000
- Largest approval$2,112,000
- Jobs supported217
- Jobs per approval11.4
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more26.3 percent
- Share to franchises15.8 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS16
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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.
LaFayette
SBA 504 lending to LaFayette borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$3,794,000
- Average approval$758,800
- Median approval$721,000
- Largest approval$1,238,000
- Jobs supported15
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
LaFayette
Flood programme status in LaFayette
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130182
- Currently effective map date09/05/07
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Walker County, not LaFayette
Walker County context, not LaFayette figures
These are Walker 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 Walker County756
- Employment at those establishments, Walker County12,406
- Covered employment, Walker County14,922
- Average annual pay, Walker County$45,778
- Average weekly wage, Walker County$880
- Housing units permitted, Walker County344
- Of those, single family, Walker County317
- County product, 2024, Walker County$2,268,103,000
- County product change over the prior year, Walker County7.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Walker County$49,438
Every figure in this section is published for Walker 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.
- 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, Georgia?
6,967, in 2,887 households. LaFayette city covers 8.09 square miles of land, which is 862 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?
Walker 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?
$46,018. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $144,800. Median gross rent is $840 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?
19 7(a) approvals totalling $13.5 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $3.8 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?
No rate is published for LaFayette. only 4 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.
Is LaFayette in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. LaFayette appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130182, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
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 Walker 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.
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