Lafayette vs Red Boiling Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Lafayette and Red Boiling Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Lafayette and Red Boiling Springs are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lafayette has the higher population (5,643 vs 1,394 in Red Boiling Springs). Lafayette has the higher median household income ($44,924 vs $32,083 in Red Boiling Springs). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $177,000 in Red Boiling Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Red Boiling Springs
Population	5,643	1,394
Median age	32.6 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,924	$32,083
Median home value	$189,800	$177,000
Median gross rent	$847	$774
Housing units	2,348	498
Homeownership rate	49.1%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Red Boiling Springs
Population	5,171 → 5,643 (+9.1%)	1,536 → 1,394 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$30,960 → $44,924 (+45.1%)	$22,274 → $32,083 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $189,800 (+98.1%)	$97,800 → $177,000 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $847 (+19.5%)	$544 → $774 (+42.3%)

Lafayette

Population

5,1715,643

Median household income

$30,960$44,924

Median home value

$95,800$189,800

Median gross rent

$709$847

Red Boiling Springs

Population

1,5361,394

Median household income

$22,274$32,083

Median home value

$97,800$177,000

Median gross rent

$544$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	Red Boiling Springs
Under 5	9.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	29.3%
18 to 24	12.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	4.7%
75 and over	6.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Red Boiling Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	79.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Red Boiling Springs
No high school diploma	19.2%	32.8%
High school graduate	46.9%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Red Boiling Springs
Drove alone	81.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	25.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	7.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Red Boiling Springs
1-unit, detached	73.4%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Red Boiling Springs
Poverty rate	17.6%	42.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1972	1978