Oregon · Census place 4140300
Lafayette, Oregon
Lafayette is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon with an estimated 4,627 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 82nd largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,627
- #82 of 165 in Oregon
- Change since 2020
- +4.4%
- +197 people
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 4,975 / sq mi
- State median 3,097
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Lafayette population, 2020 to 2024
Lafayette added 197 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.4%. In the latest year it moved by +68.
Lafayette covers 0.93 square miles of land, for 4,975 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Lafayette is denser than the typical town.
What county Lafayette is in
All of Lafayette's residents live in Yamhill County, which had 110,886 residents in 2024. Lafayette holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lafayette
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lafayette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97127. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Lafayette is
The Census internal point of Lafayette is at 45.246900, -123.111900. Salem, the capital, is 21.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McMinnville, OR (35,255 people), 4.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hillsboro, OR, 21.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.246900, -123.111900
- DMS
- 45°14'48.84"N 123°06'42.84"W
- UTM
- 10N 491218.5E 5010384.5N
- Geohash
- c203qsbwk
- Plus code
- 84QR6VWQ+Q6
Daylight in Lafayette
At 45.25° N, Lafayette gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lafayette
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Dayton, 2.5 miles away, with 2,663 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lafayette, OR?
4,627 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 197 (4.4%) from 4,430 in July 2020.
What county is Lafayette in?
Yamhill County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lafayette?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97127.
How far is Lafayette from Salem?
21.6 miles (34.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Lafayette.
What is the nearest larger city to Lafayette?
McMinnville, OR, with 35,255 residents, 4.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.