The median home value in Lafayette, TN is $273,460 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.85% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$273,460
Year-over-Year
+3.85%
Population
5,923
Lafayette ranks #56 of 89 Tennessee cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 14.3% below the state's city median of $319,178. It sits in Macon County, where the county-wide median is $269,247.
Lafayette police recorded a violent crime rate of 118 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,722 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 $273,460. That's up 3.85% from a year earlier. That is about 14.3% below the typical county in Tennessee.
Homes in Lafayette are more expensive than Macon County as a whole, where the median is $269,247 — a difference of about 1.6%.
Lafayette police reported 118 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 5,923. 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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