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Lafayette, IN
Indiana · Tippecanoe County · Lafayette-West Lafayette Metro
Lafayette is a mid-size city in Indiana with a population of 70,650. Residents earn $52,946 per year, which is 30% below the national average.
3.2
/5.0
B
Good
70,650
Population
2,326/sq mi density
$52,946
Median Income
$30,181 per capita
$157,600
Home Value
$259,342 Zillow
$1,039
Median Rent
30.4% income on rent
51°F
Avg Temperature
275 sunny days/yr
485
Violent Crime/100K
3,290 property/100K
B
Overall
3.2 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B+
Economy
3.7 / 5.0
$52,946 median income, 2.2% unemployment
A+
Affordability
5.0 / 5.0
$157,600 home value, $1,039/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
485 violent crimes/100K (28% above avg)
B
Education
3.2 / 5.0
28.1% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Lafayette
UFO Sightings
41
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
5
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Mines
4
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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UFO Sightings Near Lafayette, IN
41 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Lafayette, IN.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lafayette, IN | 2014 | Maybe a drone, small dark object moving in random directions, also staying still. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2013 | A long string of nearly white (towards yellow) lights moving along a line from south to north. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2013 | Cluster of multicolor stationary lights |
| Lafayette, IN | 2013 | 3 orange lights in a delta pattern, moving north, then north-east. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2013 | White light object cigar shaped turned off its lights and spun 360 degrees and headed north. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2013 | Spiraling white lighted craft or object that disappeared, no noise,..not moving at fast speed, moving east. |
| West lafayette, IN | 2013 | I've never saw a anything we have that light's up from one end to the other and leave that quik ........ |
| West lafayette, IN | 2011 | Orange-amber fireball observed, passing above clouds |
| Lafayette (?) (near), IN | 2010 | Low, slow moving triangular aircraft hovers silently just off of I-65 in Indiana. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2010 | White light slowly moving across sky suddenly sped off in seconds |
| Lafayette, IN | 2010 | floating object and strange lights in the sky. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2010 | Fireball seen low then disappears high. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2010 | Bright white light flew across sky and immidiately went straight up making a J shape and disapeared |
| Lafayette, IN | 2009 | A bright orange light, traveling west, then east, before gaining altitude and fizzling out of sight. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2009 | Orange Spheres Over Lafayette |
| Lafayette, IN | 2009 | Orange square lighted object with a dot in the middle. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2009 | Orange lit square object, over head, just above tree tops. Size of a small house. No sound. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2009 | bright pulsating light |
| Lafayette, IN | 2008 | Orange balls of light two nights in a row |
| Lafayette, IN | 2008 | this aint no hoax, it for real, i saw what i saw! |
| Lafayette, IN | 2006 | strange lights at break |
| Lafayette, IN | 2006 | two fireballs that seemed to just disappear out of no-where |
| West lafayette, IN | 2006 | Organge light that split into 3 then disappeare |
| Lafayette, IN | 2005 | it was awesome we saw one big light spilt to 5 and then back to the one main one and went away |
| Lafayette, IN | 2005 | Strange Orange light patterns in sky |
| West lafayette, IN | 2005 | half lit disc over Lafayette? |
| West lafayette, IN | 2005 | Circling lights over Lafayette. Grad from Purdue flight program here and these were NOT airplanes. Many people witnessed. |
| Lafayette (35 miles east of), IN | 2004 | Bright stationary orange lights spotted in the North Western sky 35 miles east of Lafayette |
| Lafayette (35 miles east of), IN | 2004 | 1 Bright orange light appeared in the sky. Faded out, and appeared elsewhere in the northwestern sky. Up to 3 or 4 lights at a time--Ra |
| Lafayette, IN | 2004 | 4-6 fire-orange objects in formation turning into many more objects flying erratically |
| Lafayette, IN | 2004 | Tonight we witnessed two, very bright, orange colored, lights appeareing in the north east sky, side by side. One appeared on the left, |
| Lafayette, IN | 2004 | Multiple orange lights in line then flying erratically. |
| West lafayette, IN | 2004 | 2000 mph metalic oval with con trail in day time sky over Indiana. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2003 | 1st of 3 sightings from March 2003 to April 2004 - Orange Yellow Lights In Formation |
| Lafayette, IN | 2003 | Two balls of light quickly appeared above our truck then dissapeared as quickly as they appeared! |
| Lafayette, IN | 2003 | Fast streak of light over deserted road |
| Lafayette (10 miles n of), IN | 2001 | Transparent dome with red light in middle, and flashing red lights underneath RIGHT next to the highway. |
| Lafayette, IN | 2001 | UFO on Hwy 52 |
| Lafayette, IN | 1997 | The fireballs were hang in one spot in the air. I was driving my truck east on Indiana route 25 into Lafayette, IN. They seemed about |
| West lafayette, IN | 1965 | Saucer, slow speed, rotating, red blinking lights, approx. 75' diameter, 7 miles SE of Purdue Univ. |
| Lafayette, IN | 1959 | Observed white object for about 20 minutes in Nov. 1959 which approached and then flew away. |