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Lafayette city, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Lafayette city is a Census city of 5,727 people across 5.30 square miles of land, in Macon County. Median household income is $51,736, 48.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $65,000.
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Lafayette
What Lafayette is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.3 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,081
- County holding the largest share of its areaMacon 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
- Population5,727
- Median age32.3
- Population under 181,709
- Share under 1829.8 percent
- Population 65 and over704 plus or minus 214
- Share 65 and over12.3 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Households1,941
- Family households1,195
- Share of households that are families61.6 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$51,736 plus or minus $16,813
- Per capita income$19,907
- Civilian labor force2,330
- Employed2,204
- Unemployed126 plus or minus 77
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over3,402
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.9 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
Housing in Lafayette
- Housing units2,151
- Occupied units1,941
- Vacant units210 plus or minus 149
- Vacancy rate9.8 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Owner occupied941 plus or minus 222
- Renter occupied1,000
- Ownership rate48.5 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$213,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$896
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.8 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Single family units1,636
- Share single family76.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more448 plus or minus 168
- Share in buildings of two or more20.8 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Mobile homes67 plus or minus 79
- Median year structure built1971
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 commute2,070
- Commuting under 15 minutes841 plus or minus 241
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.6 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more942 plus or minus 258
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.5 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Drove alone80.8 percent
- Carpooled13.4 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home1.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lafayette
SBA loans in Lafayette (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$65,000
- Average approval$65,000
- Median approval$65,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$65,000
- Largest approval$65,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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 loans in Lafayette (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$159,000
- Average approval$159,000
- Median approval$159,000
- Largest approval$159,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Macon County, not Lafayette
Macon County context, not Lafayette figures
These are Macon 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 Macon County333
- Employment at those establishments, Macon County3,977
- Covered employment, Macon County5,468
- Average annual pay, Macon County$50,310
- Average weekly wage, Macon County$967
- Housing units permitted, Macon County181
- Of those, single family, Macon County171
- County product, 2024, Macon County$848,881,000
- County product change over the prior year, Macon County15.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Macon County$45,818
Every figure in this section is published for Macon 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, Tennessee?
5,727, in 1,941 households. Lafayette city covers 5.30 square miles of land, which is 1,081 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?
Macon 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?
$51,736. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $213,900. Median gross rent is $896 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?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $65,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $65,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $159,000. 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 1 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 Lafayette figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Macon 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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