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Median Home Price in West Lafayette, IN

The median home value in West Lafayette, IN is $363,027, up 1.15% from a year earlier.

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City housing-data period: September 2026. City source retrieval/check time (UTC) is recorded in the feed's updated field when available, not in the housing-data period.

Checked daily for new monthly Zillow releases, not new daily prices. Income and crime data are updated separately, not by the daily housing-data check. Unavailable means observation dates are missing or invalid.

Median Home Value

$363,027

Year-over-Year

+1.15%

Population

44,906

Home value history

The typical home value decreased by 1.9%, from $370,061 in May 2026 to $363,027 in Sep 2026.

West Lafayette, IN typical home value from May 2026 to Sep 2026

Monthly Zillow Home Value Index snapshots retained by HomePriceMap. A short history is shown now and grows automatically as each new monthly release arrives.

West Lafayette, IN monthly home value history
MonthTypical home valueYear-over-year change
May 2026$370,061+0.8%
Jun 2026$374,552+0.8%
Jul 2026$370,465+1.0%
Aug 2026$368,090+1.2%
Sep 2026$363,027+1.1%

West Lafayette ranks #9 of 87 Indiana cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 37.1% above the state's city median of $264,702. It sits in Tippecanoe County, where the county-wide median is $296,588.

Housing affordability in West Lafayette

Median household income in West Lafayette is $34,891, so the typical home value is about 10.4× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in West Lafayette

West Lafayette police recorded a violent crime rate of 94 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,205 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about West Lafayette

What is the average home price in West Lafayette, IN?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In West Lafayette, that value is $363,027. That's up 1.15% from a year earlier. It is about 37.1% above the typical Indiana city tracked here.

Is West Lafayette expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in West Lafayette are more expensive than Tippecanoe County as a whole, where the median is $296,588 — a difference of about 22.4%.

Is West Lafayette affordable?

Median household income here is $34,891, so the typical home value is about 10.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is West Lafayette a safe place to live?

West Lafayette police reported 94 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 44,906. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.

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