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Cost of living in West Lafayette, Indiana

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,225 a month.

West Lafayette is a city in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $34,891 a year.

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People
45,159
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,225
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$34,891
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$350,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,273
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN HUD Metro FMR Area

West Lafayette, Indiana has about 45,159 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $350,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Tippecanoe County is $1,273 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in West Lafayette. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area, prices sit at 93.4 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Indiana taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not West Lafayette's exact store tax.

Some places in Indiana add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.35% of income. That is not a West Lafayette bill.

In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not West Lafayette's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Indiana in the table we use.

Among 320 places we list in Indiana with a rent figure, 42 have higher typical rent than West Lafayette.

Nearby places

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.