Lafayette vs Shadeland

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

Lafayette and Shadeland 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 2,257 in Shadeland). Shadeland has the higher median household income ($88,125 vs $52,946 in Lafayette). Shadeland has the higher median home value ($261,300 vs $157,600 in Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Shadeland
Population	70,650	2,257
Median age	33.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,946	$88,125
Median home value	$157,600	$261,300
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,073
Housing units	33,911	861
Homeownership rate	47.6%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Shadeland
Population	72,581 → 70,650 (-2.7%)	1,913 → 2,257 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$46,374 → $52,946 (+14.2%)	$75,069 → $88,125 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$114,800 → $157,600 (+37.3%)	$182,800 → $261,300 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $1,039 (+27.2%)	$819 → $1,073 (+31.0%)

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

Shadeland

Population

1,9132,257

Median household income

$75,069$88,125

Median home value

$182,800$261,300

Median gross rent

$819$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	Shadeland
Under 5	6.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	17.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.6%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Shadeland
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	87.1%
Black or African American	8.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Shadeland
No high school diploma	11.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	33.8%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Shadeland
Drove alone	79.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	16.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Shadeland
1-unit, detached	57.5%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Shadeland
Poverty rate	17.1%	13.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1970	1983