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The median home value in Lafayette, LA is $227,080 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.87% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$227,080
Year-over-Year
+1.87%
Population
121,471
Lafayette ranks #14 of 36 Louisiana cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 10.9% above the state's city median of $204,702. It sits in Lafayette Parish, where the county-wide median is $238,289.
Median household income in Lafayette is $61,915, so the typical home value is about 3.7× 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).
Lafayette police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,066 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 4,348 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 Lafayette, that value is $227,080. That's up 1.87% from a year earlier. It is about 10.9% above the typical Louisiana city tracked here.
Homes in Lafayette are cheaper than Lafayette Parish as a whole, where the median is $238,289 — a difference of about 4.7%.
Median household income here is $61,915, so the typical home value is about 3.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Lafayette police reported 1,066 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 121,471. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.