Lafayette is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 5,839 people and three associated neighborhoods, Lafayette is the 104th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lafayette is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.04% of the Lafayette workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lafayette is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lafayette who work in management occupations (15.06%), office and administrative support (10.51%), and sales jobs (7.59%). Being a small city, Lafayette does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Lafayette is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.51% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Lafayette in 2022 was $20,467, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,868 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. Lafayette also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.13% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lafayette include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Lafayette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
