Carlton vs Lafayette

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

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

Lafayette has the higher population (4,428 vs 2,378 in Carlton). Lafayette has the higher median household income ($96,419 vs $94,227 in Carlton). Carlton has the higher median home value ($400,600 vs $383,000 in Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Carlton	Lafayette
Population	2,378	4,428
Median age	40.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$94,227	$96,419
Median home value	$400,600	$383,000
Median gross rent	$1,625	$1,144
Housing units	966	1,432
Homeownership rate	78.7%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlton	Lafayette
Population	2,180 → 2,378 (+9.1%)	4,149 → 4,428 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$70,288 → $94,227 (+34.1%)	$76,319 → $96,419 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$276,200 → $400,600 (+45.0%)	$246,000 → $383,000 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,239 → $1,625 (+31.2%)	$1,097 → $1,144 (+4.3%)

Carlton

Population

2,1802,378

Median household income

$70,288$94,227

Median home value

$276,200$400,600

Median gross rent

$1,239$1,625

Lafayette

Population

4,1494,428

Median household income

$76,319$96,419

Median home value

$246,000$383,000

Median gross rent

$1,097$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlton	Lafayette
Under 5	5.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.0%
75 and over	5.8%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlton	Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	68.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.5%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlton	Lafayette
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	27.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlton	Lafayette
Drove alone	76.1%	76.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlton	Lafayette
1-unit, detached	76.2%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Carlton	Lafayette
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.67	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1991	2001