† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLafayetteColoradoUnited States
German18.0%17.9%12.5%
English15.0%12.6%9.5%
Irish12.5%11.2%9.4%
Italian5.3%4.9%4.8%
Polish3.1%2.1%2.2%
American3.0%3.5%5.3%
French2.9%2.0%1.6%
Scottish2.9%2.5%1.3%
Mexican12.9%15.8%11.3%
Spanish1.0%1.2%—
Spaniard0.9%1.0%—
Puerto Rican0.7%0.7%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%0.3%0.7%
Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%—0.5%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Chinese1.2%0.6%1.3%
Asian Indian0.9%0.6%1.4%
Korean0.3%0.3%0.4%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Nepalese0.2%——
Filipino0.2%0.3%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lafayette
Colorado
United States
Median age
39.1
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
6.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.2%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lafayette
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$119,040
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.6%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
63.5%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lafayette
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.3%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
12.1%
11.1%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.5%
0.6%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
1.0%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lafayette
Colorado
United States
Catholic
—
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
64.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lafayette, Colorado
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+31.3%
2008
+43.7%
2012
+41.3%
2016
+48.6%
2020
+59.0%
2024
+57.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
77.6%Harris14,416
19.8%Trump3,669
2.6%
D+57.9
R+1.1
D+59.3
18,573
D
78.5%Biden14,900
19.6%Trump3,709
1.9%
D+59.0
D+10.4
D+54.5
18,971
D
70.2%Clinton11,524
21.6%Trump3,552
8.1%
D+48.6
D+7.3
D+46.5
16,407
D
69.4%Obama10,322
28.1%Romney4,181
2.5%
D+41.3
R+2.4
D+37.4
14,870
D
70.9%Obama9,475
27.2%McCain3,637
1.8%
D+43.7
D+12.4
D+36.4
13,356
D
65.1%Kerry8,044
33.7%Bush4,169
1.2%
D+31.3
—
D+33.8
12,365
Lafayette transitioned from a 19th-century coal-mining hub to a fast-growing Boulder County bedroom community, and its electorate has shifted leftward alongside that demographic change, with college-educated households now dominant.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.9 points.
A population of 30,602, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $119,040 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Louisville and San Rafael.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Lafayette, Colorado voted Democratic by 57.9 points (D+57.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 18,573 votes cast, 14,416 went Democratic and 3,669 went Republican.
How many people live in Lafayette, Colorado?
Lafayette, Colorado has a population of 30,602 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lafayette, Colorado?
Median household income in Lafayette, Colorado is $119,040 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Lafayette, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lafayette, Colorado from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
