Lafayette vs Orinda

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

Lafayette and Orinda 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 19,472 in Orinda). Orinda has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $222,393 in Lafayette). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,804,400 in Orinda).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Orinda
Population	25,277	19,472
Median age	45.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$222,393	$250,001
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,804,400
Median gross rent	$2,855	$2,407
Housing units	9,715	7,584
Homeownership rate	77.3%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.0%	85.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Orinda
Population	26,305 → 25,277 (-3.9%)	19,646 → 19,472 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$178,889 → $222,393 (+24.3%)	$223,217 → $250,001 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$1,428,900 → $2,000,001 (+40.0%)	$1,464,400 → $1,804,400 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,222 → $2,855 (+28.5%)	$2,813 → $2,407 (-14.4%)

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

Orinda

Population

19,64619,472

Median household income

$223,217$250,001

Median home value

$1,464,400$1,804,400

Median gross rent

$2,813$2,407

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	Orinda
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	3.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	16.9%	16.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.3%
75 and over	9.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Orinda
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	67.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	9.1%	15.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.5%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Orinda
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	5.2%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	38.0%	46.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Orinda
Drove alone	42.8%	48.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	3.0%
Public transit	10.4%	10.4%
Walked	2.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	40.6%	35.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Orinda
1-unit, detached	75.7%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Orinda
Poverty rate	3.9%	2.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1960	1961