Lafayette vs Westminster

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

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

Westminster has the higher population (477 vs 339 in Lafayette). Westminster has the higher median household income ($87,955 vs $49,653 in Lafayette). Westminster has the higher median home value ($179,200 vs $121,700 in Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Westminster
Population	339	477
Median age	32.3 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,653	$87,955
Median home value	$121,700	$179,200
Median gross rent	$743	—
Housing units	165	116
Homeownership rate	65.7%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Westminster
Population	427 → 339 (-20.6%)	492 → 477 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$55,500 → $49,653 (-10.5%)	$55,350 → $87,955 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $121,700 (+40.0%)	$135,100 → $179,200 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $743 (-15.1%)	—

Lafayette

Population

427339

Median household income

$55,500$49,653

Median home value

$86,900$121,700

Median gross rent

$875$743

Westminster

Population

492477

Median household income

$55,350$87,955

Median home value

$135,100$179,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	Westminster
Under 5	11.5%	8.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	2.7%	14.3%
25 to 34	22.4%	21.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	6.2%	16.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	1.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	2.7%
75 and over	4.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	100.0%
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	6.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Westminster
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	49.6%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Westminster
Drove alone	84.1%	85.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	4.3%
Other means	9.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Westminster
1-unit, detached	97.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Westminster
Poverty rate	7.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.37	4.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1941	1962