Beaverdam vs Lafayette

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

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

Beaverdam has the higher population (404 vs 339 in Lafayette). Beaverdam has the higher median household income ($81,458 vs $49,653 in Lafayette). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($121,700 vs $104,700 in Beaverdam).

Population, income & housing

	Beaverdam	Lafayette
Population	404	339
Median age	43.3 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,458	$49,653
Median home value	$104,700	$121,700
Median gross rent	$973	$743
Housing units	215	165
Homeownership rate	79.1%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaverdam	Lafayette
Population	394 → 404 (+2.5%)	427 → 339 (-20.6%)
Median household income	$57,813 → $81,458 (+40.9%)	$55,500 → $49,653 (-10.5%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $104,700 (+32.2%)	$86,900 → $121,700 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $973 (+23.3%)	$875 → $743 (-15.1%)

Beaverdam

Population

394404

Median household income

$57,813$81,458

Median home value

$79,200$104,700

Median gross rent

$789$973

Lafayette

Population

427339

Median household income

$55,500$49,653

Median home value

$86,900$121,700

Median gross rent

$875$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaverdam	Lafayette
Under 5	1.5%	11.5%
5 to 17	8.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	25.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.7%	22.4%
35 to 44	7.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	6.2%
55 to 64	27.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	2.5%	10.0%
75 and over	3.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaverdam	Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaverdam	Lafayette
No high school diploma	16.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	58.1%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaverdam	Lafayette
Drove alone	80.2%	84.1%
Carpooled	18.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.4%	9.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaverdam	Lafayette
1-unit, detached	88.4%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaverdam	Lafayette
Poverty rate	14.6%	7.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1943	1941