The median home value in Lafayette, LA is $228,144 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.97% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$228,144
Year-over-Year
+1.97%
Population
121,471
Lafayette ranks #14 of 36 Louisiana cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 10.8% above the state's city median of $205,926. It sits in Lafayette Parish, where the county-wide median is $239,419.
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).
The median home value in Lafayette is $228,144. That's up 1.97% from a year earlier. That is about 10.8% above the typical county in Louisiana.
Homes in Lafayette are cheaper than Lafayette Parish as a whole, where the median is $239,419 — a difference of about 4.7%.
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.