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Population (year 2000): 529. Estimated
population in July 2005: 514 (-2.8% change)
Males: 253 (47.8%), Females: 276 (52.2%)
Nicollet County
Zip code:
56054
Median resident age: 37.6 years
Median household income: $36,719 (year 2000)
Median house value: $68,300 (year 2000)
Races in Lafayette:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
Ancestries: German (54.1%), Swedish (16.1%),
Irish (6.6%), Norwegian (6.4%), United States (6.2%), English
(3.4%).
Elevation: 1014 feet
Land area: 1.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lafayette
- High school or higher: 78.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
- Unemployed: 2.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lafayette city
- Never married: 17.2%
- Now married: 60.9%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 12.7%
- Divorced: 6.5%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +67 (+14.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Lafayette:
- NEW ULM MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; NEW ULM, MN)
- SIBLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 23 miles; ARLINGTON,
MN)
- SLEEPY EYE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
SLEEPY EYE, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lafayette:
- ST CLOUD REGIONAL (about 79 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; ID:
STC)
- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN/ (about 87
miles; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; ID: MSP)
- MASON CITY MUNI (about 117 miles; MASON CITY, IA;
ID: MCW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lafayette:
- NEW ULM MUNI (about 12 miles; NEW ULM, MN; ID: ULM)
- SLEEPY EYE MUNI (about 27 miles; SLEEPY EYE, MN; ID:
Y58)
- HUTCHINSON MUNI-BUTLER FIELD (about 28 miles;
HUTCHINSON, MN; ID: HCD)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lafayette:
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 29 miles; ST PETER,
MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,355)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 31
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 35 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 65 miles; WILLMAR, MN; FT
enrollment: 2,711)
- SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 12,913)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 79 miles; ST
CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
- NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 80 miles;
BLOOMINGTON, MN; FT enrollment: 4,636)
Public primary/middle schools in Lafayette:
- LAFAYETTE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL (Students:
75; Location: 351 6TH ST.; Grades: KG - 08)
- STARLAND EL. (Students: 15; Location: BOX
125; Grades: 01 - 08)
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