Lafayette vs Prices Fork

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

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

Prices Fork has the higher population (909 vs 528 in Lafayette). Prices Fork has the higher median household income ($75,568 vs $32,210 in Lafayette). Since 2019, Prices Fork's population has grown faster (-0.9% vs -7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette	Prices Fork
Population	528	909
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,210	$75,568
Median home value	—	$273,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,241
Housing units	257	452
Homeownership rate	89.4%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	60.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette	Prices Fork
Population	569 → 528 (-7.2%)	917 → 909 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $32,210 (-3.9%)	$54,375 → $75,568 (+39.0%)
Median home value	—	$265,000 → $273,800 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,044 → $1,241 (+18.9%)

Lafayette

Population

569528

Median household income

$33,523$32,210

Prices Fork

Population

917909

Median household income

$54,375$75,568

Median home value

$265,000$273,800

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,241

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette	Prices Fork
Under 5	6.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	6.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	28.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.6%
75 and over	15.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette	Prices Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette	Prices Fork
No high school diploma	23.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	43.2%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette	Prices Fork
Drove alone	76.6%	79.7%
Carpooled	13.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	9.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette	Prices Fork
1-unit, detached	52.5%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.9%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.1%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette	Prices Fork
Poverty rate	31.4%	9.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1961	1980