LaFayette is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 7,044 people and six associated neighborhoods, LaFayette is the 125th largest community in Georgia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, LaFayette is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.47% of the LaFayette workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, LaFayette is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in LaFayette who work in sales jobs (12.79%), office and administrative support (10.77%), and management occupations (8.75%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, LaFayette has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes LaFayette a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. LaFayette is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of LaFayette has a very low overall level of education: only 9.77% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in LaFayette in 2022 was $21,747, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $86,988 for a family of four. However, LaFayette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. LaFayette is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call LaFayette home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of LaFayette residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in LaFayette include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in LaFayette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
