Lafayette is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 5,919 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. 40.61% 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, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lafayette who work in office and administrative support (10.07%), management occupations (9.76%), and sales jobs (9.48%). 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 11.76% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Lafayette in 2022 was $19,907, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,628 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 13.50% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lafayette include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Lafayette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
