Bay Point vs Lafayette

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Point and Lafayette: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay Point and Lafayette are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lafayette has the higher population (25,277 vs 24,065 in Bay Point). Lafayette has the higher median household income ($222,393 vs $80,684 in Bay Point). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $479,100 in Bay Point).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Point	Lafayette
Population	24,065	25,277
Median age	32.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,684	$222,393
Median home value	$479,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,946	$2,855
Housing units	6,901	9,715
Homeownership rate	57.2%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	77.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Point	Lafayette
Population	25,808 → 24,065 (-6.8%)	26,305 → 25,277 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$65,098 → $80,684 (+23.9%)	$178,889 → $222,393 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$302,900 → $479,100 (+58.2%)	$1,428,900 → $2,000,001 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,486 → $1,946 (+31.0%)	$2,222 → $2,855 (+28.5%)

Bay Point

Population

25,80824,065

Median household income

$65,098$80,684

Median home value

$302,900$479,100

Median gross rent

$1,486$1,946

Lafayette

Population

26,30525,277

Median household income

$178,889$222,393

Median home value

$1,428,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,222$2,855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Point	Lafayette
Under 5	8.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.1%
75 and over	4.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Point	Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	74.2%
Black or African American	8.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	11.9%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	62.7%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Point	Lafayette
No high school diploma	27.5%	0.9%
High school graduate	32.1%	5.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	38.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Point	Lafayette
Drove alone	70.2%	42.8%
Carpooled	19.1%	2.6%
Public transit	5.3%	10.4%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.4%	40.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Point	Lafayette
1-unit, detached	69.4%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bay Point	Lafayette
Poverty rate	13.3%	3.9%
Average household size	3.55	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	37	29
Median year structure built	1981	1960