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The median home value in West Lafayette, IN is $370,465 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.96% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$370,465
Year-over-Year
+0.96%
Population
44,906
West Lafayette ranks #9 of 87 Indiana cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 37.5% above the state's city median of $269,376. It sits in Tippecanoe County, where the county-wide median is $301,616.
Median household income in West Lafayette is $34,891, so the typical home value is about 10.6× 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).
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).
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 $370,465. That's up 0.96% from a year earlier. It is about 37.5% above the typical Indiana city tracked here.
Homes in West Lafayette are more expensive than Tippecanoe County as a whole, where the median is $301,616 — a difference of about 22.8%.
Median household income here is $34,891, so the typical home value is about 10.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
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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