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Lafayette, IN ZIP Codes

6 ZIP codes use the postal name Lafayette, Indiana (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $47,206 in 47901 to $68,035 in 47909, 1.4 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Lafayette's most populous ZIP code is 47909, with 43,561 people (ACS 2020-2024); 8% of its land is in the city of Lafayette.

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  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Lafayette's ZIP codes?

47901: $47k median household income47904: $52k median household income47905: $66k median household income47909: $68k median household income47905479094790447901: $47k median household income47904: $52k median household income47905: $66k median household income47909: $68k median household income47905479094790447901: $47k median household income47904: $52k median household income47905: $66k median household income47909: $68k median household income4790547909
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Lafayette, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Lafayette's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 47909 ($68,035), the lowest in 47901 ($47,206). Home values run from $133,100 in 47904 to $256,500 in 47901.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Lafayette

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Lafayette, IN, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
47909 Tippecanoe County 43,561 369 $68k $223k
47905 Tippecanoe County 42,219 351 $66k $236k
47904 Tippecanoe County 16,257 2,819 $52k $133k
47901 Tippecanoe County 4,585 7,642 $47k $257k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Lafayette

2 ZIP codes named Lafayette have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Lafayette, IN: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
47902Tippecanoe County
47903Tippecanoe County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Lafayette's ZIP codes reach?

Lafayette's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Tippecanoe County (4 ZIP codes mainly there), Carroll County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Lafayette's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Lafayette's residential ZIP codes cover Lafayette itself and 4 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Americus census-designated 47905
  • Colburn census-designated 47905
  • Shadeland 47909
  • Stockwell census-designated 47909

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Lafayette's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Lafayette starts with 479.

Three-digit prefixes of Lafayette's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Lafayette's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
479 Indianapolis, IN (SCF 460) 6 71

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.