Lafayette, CO

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lafayette, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 26,378. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage

ACS city ledger plate

Sheet LAFAYETTE-CO · Lafayette, CO 1 ZIPs · 26,378 pop · #2177/25278 · Boulder County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $120,187
  • RANK-TOP #2177/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Ward
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 66% owners
  • POP-SMALL 26,378
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $705,600

Nearest income peer: Ward, CO ( $3,624 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Lafayette

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lafayette on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lafayette, CO sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 9%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
26,378
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$120,187
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $120,187 and home value $705,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 64.0%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (65.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lafayette as a pure owner town.

Within Colorado, Livermore is the closest lower-income city and Clark the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lafayette.

Population concentration

Lafayette's single ZIP 80026 carries the town

Lafayette is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 80026 is the entire residential footprint (26,378 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Lafayette's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,151 establishments, 13,689 employees , annual payroll $924,809k (~44 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 80026 (1,151 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (218) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

View your shortlist →

ZIP Codes in Lafayette, CO

These ZIP codes sit in Boulder County, which covers 19 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lafayette. See the Boulder County roll-up →

Lafayette lands mid-pack among the 9 cities sharing Boulder County: Louisville, Lyons and Jamestown earn more and Boulder, Longmont and Nederland earn less. Jamestown marks the far end of that range at $169,286, 41% above Lafayette.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
80026 26,378 $120,187 1,151 458

Lafayette roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Lafayette, .