Choctaw Lake vs Lafayette

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

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

Choctaw Lake has the higher population (2,145 vs 124 in Lafayette). Choctaw Lake has the higher median home value ($338,700 vs $178,100 in Lafayette). Since 2019, Choctaw Lake's population has grown faster (+7.3% vs -42.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw Lake	Lafayette
Population	2,145	124
Median age	41.5 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$146,850	—
Median home value	$338,700	$178,100
Median gross rent	—	$790
Housing units	811	95
Homeownership rate	93.2%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw Lake	Lafayette
Population	1,999 → 2,145 (+7.3%)	215 → 124 (-42.3%)
Median household income	$112,500 → $146,850 (+30.5%)	$65,526 → $85,000 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $338,700 (+33.6%)	$144,400 → $178,100 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$889 → $790 (-11.1%)

Choctaw Lake

Population

1,9992,145

Median household income

$112,500$146,850

Median home value

$253,500$338,700

Lafayette

Population

215124

Median household income

$65,526$85,000

Median home value

$144,400$178,100

Median gross rent

$889$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw Lake	Lafayette
Under 5	2.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	4.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	35.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.5%
75 and over	2.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw Lake	Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	3.4%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw Lake	Lafayette
No high school diploma	4.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	68.9%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw Lake	Lafayette
Drove alone	81.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw Lake	Lafayette
1-unit, detached	100.0%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	36.8%
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

	Choctaw Lake	Lafayette
Poverty rate	5.7%	25.8%
Average household size	3.04	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1978	1938