Battle Ground vs West Lafayette

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

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

West Lafayette has the higher population (44,802 vs 1,989 in Battle Ground). Battle Ground has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $33,497 in West Lafayette). West Lafayette has the higher median home value ($318,100 vs $268,300 in Battle Ground).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Ground	West Lafayette
Population	1,989	44,802
Median age	34.5 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$33,497
Median home value	$268,300	$318,100
Median gross rent	$833	$1,152
Housing units	773	16,309
Homeownership rate	85.8%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	71.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Ground	West Lafayette
Population	1,857 → 1,989 (+7.1%)	48,551 → 44,802 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$87,813 → $104,583 (+19.1%)	$34,650 → $33,497 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $268,300 (+49.1%)	$224,000 → $318,100 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $833 (-14.0%)	$912 → $1,152 (+26.3%)

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

West Lafayette

Population

48,55144,802

Median household income

$34,650$33,497

Median home value

$224,000$318,100

Median gross rent

$912$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Ground	West Lafayette
Under 5	8.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	21.5%	6.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	61.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	4.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	4.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	4.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	3.6%
75 and over	5.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Ground	West Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	66.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	20.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Ground	West Lafayette
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	22.4%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	43.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Ground	West Lafayette
Drove alone	76.3%	49.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.3%	5.6%
Walked	0.0%	24.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	11.6%	12.5%
Other means	3.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Ground	West Lafayette
1-unit, detached	94.2%	32.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	31.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	27.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Battle Ground	West Lafayette
Poverty rate	4.1%	37.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1992	1990