Lafayette vs Youngsville

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

Lafayette and Youngsville 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 16,664 in Youngsville). Youngsville has the higher median household income ($113,164 vs $61,454 in Lafayette). Youngsville has the higher median home value ($263,200 vs $251,300 in Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Youngsville
Population	121,537	16,664
Median age	37.1 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,454	$113,164
Median home value	$251,300	$263,200
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,318
Housing units	58,905	5,854
Homeownership rate	55.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Youngsville
Population	126,666 → 121,537 (-4.0%)	13,407 → 16,664 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$51,264 → $61,454 (+19.9%)	$89,038 → $113,164 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $251,300 (+28.6%)	$222,800 → $263,200 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,065 (+19.7%)	$1,150 → $1,318 (+14.6%)

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

Youngsville

Population

13,40716,664

Median household income

$89,038$113,164

Median home value

$222,800$263,200

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	Youngsville
Under 5	6.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	26.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	18.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	7.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	6.8%
75 and over	6.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Youngsville
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	84.1%
Black or African American	28.5%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Youngsville
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	25.3%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Youngsville
Drove alone	80.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	10.4%
Other means	1.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Youngsville
1-unit, detached	64.3%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Youngsville
Poverty rate	19.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.25	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1981	2011