Five Points vs La Fayette

A side-by-side comparison of Five Points and La Fayette: population, income, housing, and more.

Five Points and La Fayette are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

La Fayette has the higher population (2,665 vs 162 in Five Points). Five Points has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $101,300 in La Fayette). Since 2019, Five Points's population has grown faster (+51.4% vs -9.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Five Points	La Fayette
Population	162	2,665
Median age	49.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$32,999
Median home value	$143,800	$101,300
Median gross rent	—	$540
Housing units	82	1,323
Homeownership rate	90.7%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Five Points	La Fayette
Population	107 → 162 (+51.4%)	2,943 → 2,665 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$33,036 → $76,667 (+132.1%)	$31,134 → $32,999 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $143,800 (+67.4%)	$105,600 → $101,300 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$558 → $540 (-3.2%)

Five Points

Population

107162

Median household income

$33,036$76,667

Median home value

$85,900$143,800

La Fayette

Population

2,9432,665

Median household income

$31,134$32,999

Median home value

$105,600$101,300

Median gross rent

$558$540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Five Points	La Fayette
Under 5	1.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	4.9%	7.4%
18 to 24	29.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	4.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	29.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	16.0%	16.5%
75 and over	0.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Five Points	La Fayette
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	33.4%
Black or African American	40.7%	65.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Five Points	La Fayette
No high school diploma	8.6%	19.6%
High school graduate	54.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Five Points	La Fayette
Drove alone	92.9%	90.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Five Points	La Fayette
1-unit, detached	84.1%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Five Points	La Fayette
Poverty rate	18.5%	26.7%
Average household size	3.00	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1977	1976