Lafayette vs Mount Sterling

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

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

Mount Sterling has the higher population (1,740 vs 124 in Lafayette). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $159,100 in Mount Sterling). Since 2019, Mount Sterling's population has grown faster (-14.3% vs -42.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Mount Sterling
Population	124	1,740
Median age	51.7 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,844
Median home value	$178,100	$159,100
Median gross rent	$790	$882
Housing units	95	824
Homeownership rate	41.7%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Mount Sterling
Population	215 → 124 (-42.3%)	2,030 → 1,740 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$65,526 → $85,000 (+29.7%)	$44,591 → $64,844 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $178,100 (+23.3%)	$116,300 → $159,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $790 (-11.1%)	$741 → $882 (+19.0%)

Lafayette

Population

215124

Median household income

$65,526$85,000

Median home value

$144,400$178,100

Median gross rent

$889$790

Mount Sterling

Population

2,0301,740

Median household income

$44,591$64,844

Median home value

$116,300$159,100

Median gross rent

$741$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	Mount Sterling
Under 5	3.2%	1.7%
5 to 17	4.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	7.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	35.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.5%
75 and over	6.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Mount Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.4%
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	4.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Mount Sterling
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	68.9%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Mount Sterling
Drove alone	100.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Mount Sterling
1-unit, detached	63.2%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	36.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Mount Sterling
Poverty rate	25.8%	13.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1938	1964