Lafayette vs Niwot

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

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

Lafayette has the higher population (30,471 vs 3,773 in Niwot). Niwot has the higher median household income ($141,621 vs $110,431 in Lafayette). Niwot has the higher median home value ($868,400 vs $647,600 in Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Niwot
Population	30,471	3,773
Median age	39.4 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$110,431	$141,621
Median home value	$647,600	$868,400
Median gross rent	$2,042	$1,395
Housing units	13,323	1,577
Homeownership rate	66.7%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.6%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Niwot
Population	28,742 → 30,471 (+6.0%)	3,870 → 3,773 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$83,342 → $110,431 (+32.5%)	$118,914 → $141,621 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$422,000 → $647,600 (+53.5%)	$677,600 → $868,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,495 → $2,042 (+36.6%)	$1,122 → $1,395 (+24.3%)

Lafayette

Population

28,74230,471

Median household income

$83,342$110,431

Median home value

$422,000$647,600

Median gross rent

$1,495$2,042

Niwot

Population

3,8703,773

Median household income

$118,914$141,621

Median home value

$677,600$868,400

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,395

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	Niwot
Under 5	5.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	3.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	24.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	15.8%
75 and over	5.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Niwot
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	3.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Niwot
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	11.0%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Niwot
Drove alone	61.1%	64.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.9%
Public transit	2.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.7%	28.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Niwot
1-unit, detached	55.5%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	13.6%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Niwot
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1993	1981