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.When you are in LaFayette, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.47% of LaFayette’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. 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. Being a small city, LaFayette does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of LaFayette have a very low rate of college education: just 9.77% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. 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.
