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LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA QUICK STATSCounty: Contra Costa
Elevation: 302 feet
Land Area: 15.2 square miles
Population Density: 1645 people per square mile
Population: 25,011
Population change since 2000: 4.60%
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (84.2%), Hispanic (4.0%), Chinese (3.9%), Two or more races (3.3%), Japanese (1.2%), Korean (1.1%), Other race (0.8%), Asian Indian (0.8%), American Indian (0.7%), Filipino (0.6%), Black (0.5%)
Ancestries (City): English (19.4%), German (17.7%), Irish (15.3%), Italian (7.6%), Scottish (4.5%), French (4.2%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Walnut Creek, CA (3.7 miles , pop. 64,296)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Central Contra Costa, CA (4.0 miles , pop. 459,252)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (336.0 miles , pop. 3,694,820)
Nearest cities: Moraga, CA (1.8 miles ), Orinda, CA (1.9 miles ), Walnut Creek, CA (1.9 miles ), Central Contra Costa, CA (2.0 miles ), Waldon, CA (2.0 miles ), Pleasant Hill, CA (2.2 miles ), Alamo, CA (2.2 miles ), Pacheco, CA (2.6 miles )
Lafayette Compared to State Average: Median household income above state average. Median house value significantly above state average. Unemployed percentage significantly below state average. Black race population percentage significantly below state average. Hispanic race population percentage below state average. Median age above state average. Renting percentage below state average. Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.
LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 97.70%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 68.00%
Graduate or professional degree: 29.80%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Lafayette:
DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE about 5 miles, PLEASANT HILL, CA, Full-time enrollment: 12,029 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY about 8 miles, BERKELEY, CA, FT enrollment: 29,690 MERRITT COLLEGE about 9 miles, OAKLAND, CA, FT enrollment: 2,646 SAINT MARYS COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA about 12 miles, MORAGA, CA, FT enrollment: 3,545 COLLEGE OF ALAMEDA about 12 miles, ALAMEDA, CA, FT enrollment: 2,450 LANEY COLLEGE about 12 miles, OAKLAND, CA, FT enrollment: 5,549 CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE about 14 miles, SAN PABLO, CA, FT enrollment: 3,626
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