Fort Campbell North vs LaFayette

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Campbell North and LaFayette: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Campbell North and LaFayette are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Campbell North has the higher population (11,483 vs 176 in LaFayette). Fort Campbell North has the higher median household income ($58,403 vs $50,833 in LaFayette). Since 2019, LaFayette's population has grown faster (+30.4% vs -16.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Campbell North	LaFayette
Population	11,483	176
Median age	22.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,403	$50,833
Median home value	—	$108,300
Median gross rent	$1,478	$950
Housing units	2,635	96
Homeownership rate	1.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Campbell North	LaFayette
Population	13,735 → 11,483 (-16.4%)	135 → 176 (+30.4%)
Median household income	$39,917 → $58,403 (+46.3%)	$32,500 → $50,833 (+56.4%)
Median home value	—	$81,300 → $108,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,276 → $1,478 (+15.8%)	$775 → $950 (+22.6%)

Fort Campbell North

Population

13,73511,483

Median household income

$39,917$58,403

Median gross rent

$1,276$1,478

LaFayette

Population

135176

Median household income

$32,500$50,833

Median home value

$81,300$108,300

Median gross rent

$775$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Campbell North	LaFayette
Under 5	14.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.3%
18 to 24	35.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	27.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	6.2%	18.8%
45 to 54	1.1%	16.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.8%
75 and over	0.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Campbell North	LaFayette
White (non-Hispanic)	48.9%	88.6%
Black or African American	15.2%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Campbell North	LaFayette
No high school diploma	1.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	33.3%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Campbell North	LaFayette
Drove alone	55.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	30.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	11.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Campbell North	LaFayette
1-unit, detached	5.7%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	40.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	41.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Campbell North	LaFayette
Poverty rate	10.4%	7.4%
Average household size	3.32	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	9	26
Median year structure built	1987	1970