PlainZIP

Lafayette, OH

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lafayette, OH: 1 USPS ZIP, population 498. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet LAFAYETTE-OH · Lafayette, OH 1 ZIPs · 498 pop · #20693/25278 · Allen County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $53,125
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20693/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Waynesfield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 498
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $121,300

Nearest income peer: Waynesfield, OH (+ $9,324 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, OH sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

18th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
498
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,125
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($53,125 average) · poverty 7.8%. The primary code (45854) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lafayette as a pure owner town.

Within Ohio, Athens is the closest lower-income city and Mansfield the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 6 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lafayette.

Population concentration

Lafayette's single ZIP 45854 carries the town

Lafayette is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 45854 is the entire residential footprint (498 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Lafayette

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 30 employees , annual payroll $770k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 45854 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Lafayette, OH

These ZIP codes sit in Allen County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lafayette. See the Allen County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Allen County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Lafayette, Lima, Delphos and Bluffton among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Harrod marks the far end of that range at $84,886, 60% above Lafayette.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
45854 498 $53,125 6 586
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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, .