Lafayette vs St. Peter

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

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

St. Peter has the higher population (12,085 vs 478 in Lafayette). Lafayette has the higher median household income ($95,500 vs $65,042 in St. Peter). St. Peter has the higher median home value ($238,700 vs $142,700 in Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	St. Peter
Population	478	12,085
Median age	42.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,500	$65,042
Median home value	$142,700	$238,700
Median gross rent	$725	$943
Housing units	211	4,195
Homeownership rate	91.3%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	St. Peter
Population	565 → 478 (-15.4%)	11,854 → 12,085 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $95,500 (+29.5%)	$55,774 → $65,042 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$93,900 → $142,700 (+52.0%)	$170,200 → $238,700 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $725 (-5.0%)	$861 → $943 (+9.5%)

Lafayette

Population

565478

Median household income

$73,750$95,500

Median home value

$93,900$142,700

Median gross rent

$763$725

St. Peter

Population

11,85412,085

Median household income

$55,774$65,042

Median home value

$170,200$238,700

Median gross rent

$861$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	St. Peter
Under 5	4.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	22.0%
25 to 34	20.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	15.9%	8.8%
75 and over	3.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	St. Peter
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	St. Peter
No high school diploma	2.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	34.7%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	St. Peter
Drove alone	80.9%	56.6%
Carpooled	15.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.3%	12.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.3%	21.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	St. Peter
1-unit, detached	89.6%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	St. Peter
Poverty rate	2.7%	17.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1951	1978