Lafayette vs McMinnville

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

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

McMinnville has the higher population (34,493 vs 4,428 in Lafayette). Lafayette has the higher median household income ($96,419 vs $70,060 in McMinnville). McMinnville has the higher median home value ($391,100 vs $383,000 in Lafayette).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	McMinnville
Population	4,428	34,493
Median age	34.2 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,419	$70,060
Median home value	$383,000	$391,100
Median gross rent	$1,144	$1,290
Housing units	1,432	13,412
Homeownership rate	89.1%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	McMinnville
Population	4,149 → 4,428 (+6.7%)	34,010 → 34,493 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$76,319 → $96,419 (+26.3%)	$54,254 → $70,060 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$246,000 → $383,000 (+55.7%)	$247,400 → $391,100 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,097 → $1,144 (+4.3%)	$987 → $1,290 (+30.7%)

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

McMinnville

Population

34,01034,493

Median household income

$54,254$70,060

Median home value

$247,400$391,100

Median gross rent

$987$1,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	McMinnville
Under 5	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.1%
75 and over	2.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	McMinnville
White (non-Hispanic)	68.0%	70.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.2%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	McMinnville
No high school diploma	11.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	34.3%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	McMinnville
Drove alone	76.3%	70.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	8.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	2.3%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	McMinnville
1-unit, detached	82.0%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	McMinnville
Poverty rate	5.8%	15.4%
Average household size	3.09	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	2001	1990