Lafayette County vs Warren County

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

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

Warren County has the higher population (36,467 vs 32,974 in Lafayette County). Lafayette County has the higher median household income ($79,091 vs $77,989 in Warren County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($241,200 vs $200,300 in Lafayette County).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette County	Warren County
Population	32,974	36,467
Median age	40.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,091	$77,989
Median home value	$200,300	$241,200
Median gross rent	$848	$913
Housing units	14,183	15,834
Homeownership rate	76.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette County	Warren County
Population	32,597 → 32,974 (+1.2%)	34,453 → 36,467 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$58,766 → $79,091 (+34.6%)	$60,125 → $77,989 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $200,300 (+39.6%)	$180,000 → $241,200 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $848 (+23.6%)	$812 → $913 (+12.4%)

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

Warren County

Population

34,45336,467

Median household income

$60,125$77,989

Median home value

$180,000$241,200

Median gross rent

$812$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette County	Warren County
Under 5	5.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.7%
75 and over	8.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette County	Warren County
No high school diploma	9.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	38.2%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette County	Warren County
Drove alone	81.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	83.0%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette County	Warren County
Poverty rate	9.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1974	1996