Laclede County vs Lafayette County

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

Laclede County and Lafayette County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laclede County has the higher population (36,245 vs 32,974 in Lafayette County). Lafayette County has the higher median household income ($79,091 vs $50,825 in Laclede County). Lafayette County has the higher median home value ($200,300 vs $158,000 in Laclede County).

Population, income & housing

	Laclede County	Lafayette County
Population	36,245	32,974
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,825	$79,091
Median home value	$158,000	$200,300
Median gross rent	$796	$848
Housing units	15,951	14,183
Homeownership rate	70.1%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laclede County	Lafayette County
Population	35,531 → 36,245 (+2.0%)	32,597 → 32,974 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$47,257 → $50,825 (+7.6%)	$58,766 → $79,091 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $158,000 (+38.7%)	$143,500 → $200,300 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $796 (+20.4%)	$686 → $848 (+23.6%)

Laclede County

Population

35,53136,245

Median household income

$47,257$50,825

Median home value

$113,900$158,000

Median gross rent

$661$796

Lafayette County

Population

32,59732,974

Median household income

$58,766$79,091

Median home value

$143,500$200,300

Median gross rent

$686$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laclede County	Lafayette County
Under 5	6.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.7%
75 and over	7.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laclede County	Lafayette County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laclede County	Lafayette County
No high school diploma	14.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	42.8%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laclede County	Lafayette County
Drove alone	78.9%	81.5%
Carpooled	12.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.9%	8.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laclede County	Lafayette County
1-unit, detached	70.4%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Laclede County	Lafayette County
Poverty rate	18.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1984	1974