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Lake Lafayette, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Lake Lafayette is a Census city of 237 people across 0.64 square miles of land, in Lafayette County. Median household income is $46,563, 96.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Lake Lafayette
What Lake Lafayette is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.64 sq mi
- Water area0.12 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land368 plus or minus 160
- County holding the largest share of its areaLafayette 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.
Lake Lafayette
How many people live in Lake Lafayette
- Population237 plus or minus 103
- Median age45.4 plus or minus 17.7
- Population under 1856 plus or minus 35
- Share under 1823.6 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Population 65 and over51 plus or minus 36
- Share 65 and over21.5 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Households83 plus or minus 46
- Family households69 plus or minus 45
- Share of households that are families83.1 percent plus or minus 28.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Lafayette
Income and work in Lake Lafayette
- Median household income$46,563 plus or minus $27,303
- Per capita income$17,645 plus or minus $5,933
- Civilian labor force74 plus or minus 37
- Employed69 plus or minus 33
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 8
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Adults 25 and over169 plus or minus 75
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.4 percent plus or minus 55.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher5.3 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.2 percent plus or minus 7.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Lafayette
Housing in Lake Lafayette
- Housing units112 plus or minus 52
- Occupied units83 plus or minus 46
- Vacant units29 plus or minus 22
- Vacancy rate25.9 percent plus or minus 15.5
- Owner occupied80 plus or minus 46
- Renter occupied3 plus or minus 4
- Ownership rate96.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$76,800 plus or minus $17,799
- Single family units71 plus or minus 41
- Share single family63.4 percent plus or minus 22.1
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes41 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Lafayette
How Lake Lafayette gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute67 plus or minus 32
- Commuting under 15 minutes20 plus or minus 14
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.9 percent plus or minus 15.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more34 plus or minus 24
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.7 percent plus or minus 27.3
- Drove alone70.1 percent
- Carpooled25.4 percent plus or minus 20.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.5 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Lafayette
Flood risk in Lake Lafayette
- NFIP communityCity of Lake Lafayette
- NFIP community number295401
- Participating in the NFIPNo
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date11/26/10
The City of Lake Lafayette does not participate in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 295401 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Lafayette County, not Lake Lafayette
Lafayette County context, not Lake Lafayette figures
- Establishments in Lafayette County732
- Covered employment, Lafayette County8,809
- Average annual pay, Lafayette County$44,138
- Housing units permitted, Lafayette County121
Every figure in this section is published for Lafayette County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lake Lafayette.
All Lafayette County figures →
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Lake Lafayette questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lake Lafayette, Missouri?
237, in 83 households. Lake Lafayette city covers 0.64 square miles of land, which is 368 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lake Lafayette in?
Lafayette 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 Lake Lafayette?
$46,563. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $76,800. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Lake Lafayette in the National Flood Insurance Program?
No, it is listed but not participating. Lake Lafayette appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Lake Lafayette, city of, community 295401, 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 Lake Lafayette figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lafayette 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 Lake Lafayette.
Is zoning published for Lake Lafayette?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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