Lafayette vs Scott

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

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

Lafayette has the higher population (121,537 vs 8,348 in Scott). Lafayette has the higher median household income ($61,454 vs $54,220 in Scott). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($251,300 vs $155,700 in Scott).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Scott
Population	121,537	8,348
Median age	37.1 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,454	$54,220
Median home value	$251,300	$155,700
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,002
Housing units	58,905	4,205
Homeownership rate	55.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Scott
Population	126,666 → 121,537 (-4.0%)	8,729 → 8,348 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$51,264 → $61,454 (+19.9%)	$54,551 → $54,220 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $251,300 (+28.6%)	$137,600 → $155,700 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,065 (+19.7%)	$841 → $1,002 (+19.1%)

Lafayette

Population

126,666121,537

Median household income

$51,264$61,454

Median home value

$195,400$251,300

Median gross rent

$890$1,065

Scott

Population

8,7298,348

Median household income

$54,551$54,220

Median home value

$137,600$155,700

Median gross rent

$841$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	Scott
Under 5	6.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	14.2%
75 and over	6.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Scott
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	75.6%
Black or African American	28.5%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Scott
No high school diploma	9.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	25.3%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Scott
Drove alone	80.4%	84.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	7.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Scott
1-unit, detached	64.3%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Scott
Poverty rate	19.1%	15.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1981	1987