Home values, rents and more in the Lafayette metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Lafayette metro compares
The typical home in the Lafayette metro area is worth about $283,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Lafayette metro are 10% above the typical value in Indiana ($257,000) and 23% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Lafayette metro rose 2.9%, compared with +2.9% in Indiana and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,473 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 8% above Indiana ($1,367) and 24% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $62,011, against $71,957 in Indiana and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 228,468 people live in the Lafayette metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Lafayette metro has the 378th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 5th-highest of 37 in Indiana with Zillow figures.
Part of: Indiana
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Lafayette metro
Cities in the Lafayette metro
- Lafayette, IN $265,000
- West Lafayette, IN $363,000
- Delphi, IN $230,000
- Fowler, IN $209,000
- Flora, IN $211,000
- Battle Ground, IN $329,000
- Shadeland, IN $413,000
- Williamsport, IN $220,000
- Otterbein, IN $223,000
- Dayton, IN $234,000
- Oxford, IN $218,000
- Boswell, IN $169,000
- West Lebanon, IN $152,000
- Clarks Hill, IN $248,000
- Camden, IN $219,000
- Burlington, IN $204,000
- Romney, IN $304,000
- Earl Park, IN $192,000
- Stockwell, IN $239,000
- Pine Village, IN $246,000
- Westpoint, IN $368,000
- Ambia, IN $155,000
- Cutler, IN $308,000
- Bringhurst, IN $295,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.