Lafayette Jobs

Lafayette is a city in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 529 at the 2000 census. It is a small farming community just outside of the larger town of New Ulm, Minnesota. It's biggest claim to fame is that it was the childhood home of Tippi Hedren, the star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. In her book Cats of Shambala, she wrote that she was born in New Ulm, as Lafayette didn't have a hospital.

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Among the most common occupations in Lafayette are Sales and office occupations, 26%. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 23%. and Management, professional, and related occupations, 21%. Approximately 80 percent of workers in Lafayette, Minnesota work for companies, 7 percent work for the government and 10 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Lafayette Jobs are for inside sales jobs, retail project merchandiser jobs, sales specialist jobs, service specialist jobs, sales associate jobs and hospitalist jobs.

The leading industries in Lafayette, Minnesota are Manufacturing, 20%; Educational, health and social services, 18%; and Retail trade, 12%. Simply Hired's Lafayette job listings indicate that the following industries in Lafayette are hiring the most workers: Food Service Contractors, Catering Services, Clinics & Outpatient Services, Industrial Loan Companies and Polish & Sanitation Goods Mfg.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Lafayette, Minnesota is $26,406, and the median income of households in Lafayette was $36,719.

Lafayette has an unemployment rate of 2.6%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Lafayette Trends data, the number of Lafayette, Minnesota jobs has not changed since April 2008.

Population of Lafayette Total population 529 Male 47.83% Female 52.17% Median age 37.6     Lafayette Housing Owner-occupied homes 78.2% Median cost of a home $68,300 Median mortgage payment $411 Renter-occupied homes 21.8% Vacant housing 1.9% Median monthly rent $455     Average Income Median for all male full-time $31,250 Median for all female full-time $21,563     Household Income Less than $10,000 6% $10,000 to $14,999 10% $15,000 to $24,999 16% $25,000 to $34,999 16% $35,000 to $49,999 27% $50,000 to $74,999 16% $75,000 to $99,999 8% $100,000 to $149,999 1% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 0%

Education Less than 9th grade 14% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 7% High school graduate 44% Some college, no degree 23% Associate's degree 6% Bachelor's degree 4% Graduate degree 2%     Marital Status Never married 17% Currently married 61% Separated 3% Widowed 13% Divorced 6%     Race White 100% Black or African American 0% Asian 0% Other 0%     Lafayette Commute Carpool 12.2% Public transportation 0.0% Average travel time 21 minutes

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