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Population (year 2000): 227. Estimated
population in July 2005: 221 (-2.6% change)
Males: 103 (45.4%), Females: 124 (54.6%)
Zip code:
61449
Median resident age: 40.2 years
Median household income: $26,563 (year 2000)
Median house value: $40,000 (year 2000)
Races in La Fayette:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.5%)
- Hispanic (1.8%)
- Other race (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
Ancestries: English (18.9%), Irish (11.9%),
German (8.4%), Scottish (4.8%), Swedish (4.4%), United States
(4.0%).
Land area: 0.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in La Fayette
- High school or higher: 79.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.8%
- Unemployed: 18.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in La Fayette village
- Never married: 17.4%
- Now married: 61.1%
- Separated: 3.2%
- Widowed: 3.7%
- Divorced: 14.7%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -4 (-1.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near La Fayette:
- KEWANEE HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; KEWANEE, IL)
- HAMMOND HENRY HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; GENESEO, IL)
- GALESBURG COTTAGE HOSPITAL (about 30 miles;
GALESBURG, IL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to La
Fayette:
- GREATER PEORIA REGIONAL (about 38 miles; PEORIA, IL;
ID: PIA)
- QUAD CITY INTL (about 43 miles; MOLINE, IL; ID: MLI)
- WHITESIDE CO ARPT-JOS H BITTORF FLD (about 48 miles;
STERLING/ROCKFALLS, IL; ID: SQI)
Other public-use airports nearest to La Fayette:
- KEWANEE MUNI (about 7 miles; KEWANEE, IL; ID: EZI)
- GEN-AIRPARK (about 24 miles; GENESEO, IL; ID: 3G8)
- TRI-COUNTY (about 25 miles; YATES CITY, IL; ID: 2C6)
Amtrak station near La Fayette:
- 10 miles: KEWANEE (3RD & DEPOT ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public payphones, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
La Fayette:
- ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE (about 31 miles; EAST
PEORIA, IL; Full-time enrollment: 6,404)
- BRADLEY UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; PEORIA, IL; FT
enrollment: 5,262)
- BLACK HAWK COLLEGE (about 45 miles; MOLINE, IL; FT
enrollment: 3,891)
- AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (about 49 miles; ROCK ISLAND, IL;
FT enrollment: 2,220)
- SAINT AMBROSE UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; DAVENPORT,
IA; FT enrollment: 2,310)
- EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (about 51
miles; DAVENPORT, IA; FT enrollment: 4,180)
- ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles;
OGLESBY, IL; FT enrollment: 2,272)
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