Battle Ground vs Lafayette

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

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

Lafayette has the higher population (70,650 vs 1,989 in Battle Ground). Battle Ground has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $52,946 in Lafayette). Battle Ground has the higher median home value ($268,300 vs $157,600 in Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Ground	Lafayette
Population	1,989	70,650
Median age	34.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$52,946
Median home value	$268,300	$157,600
Median gross rent	$833	$1,039
Housing units	773	33,911
Homeownership rate	85.8%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Ground	Lafayette
Population	1,857 → 1,989 (+7.1%)	72,581 → 70,650 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$87,813 → $104,583 (+19.1%)	$46,374 → $52,946 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $268,300 (+49.1%)	$114,800 → $157,600 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $833 (-14.0%)	$817 → $1,039 (+27.2%)

Battle Ground

Population

1,8571,989

Median household income

$87,813$104,583

Median home value

$180,000$268,300

Median gross rent

$969$833

Lafayette

Population

72,58170,650

Median household income

$46,374$52,946

Median home value

$114,800$157,600

Median gross rent

$817$1,039

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Ground	Lafayette
Under 5	8.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	17.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.8%
75 and over	5.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Ground	Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	71.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Ground	Lafayette
No high school diploma	4.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	22.4%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Ground	Lafayette
Drove alone	76.3%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.5%
Other means	3.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Ground	Lafayette
1-unit, detached	94.2%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Battle Ground	Lafayette
Poverty rate	4.1%	17.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1992	1970