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LaFayette, Georgia Information
As the county seat for Walker County in Georgia, the city of LaFayette had a population of 7,121 in 2010. With a total area of 8.1square miles, all of which is land, the city was founded in 1835, originally named Chattooga. The county was named after the former United States senator Freeman Walker. Chattooga was renamed LaFayette in 1836 after Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French aristocrat who fought in the American Revolutionary War. The city uses one zip code 30728 and two area codes, 706 and 762.
LaFayette is ranked #271 in Georgia and #17,510 in the United States with a livability score of 64, which is in the 40th percentile. The city scored best for great weather, and cost of living. The average summer temperature is a comfortable 77 degrees, and the cost of living is 12 percent lower than the state of Georgia.
The overall crime rate in LaFayette is 49% higher than the national average. For every 100,000 people, there are 11.59 daily crimes that occur in LaFayette. LaFayette is safer than 27% of the cities in the United States. In LaFayette you have a 1 in 24 chance of becoming a victim of any crime. The number of total year over year crimes in LaFayette has decreased by 24%.
Of the factors which are used to determine the livability index, LaFayette does well in the areas of weather, and cost of living. It scores poorly in Employment, Housing, Education, Amenities, Cost of Living, and Education.
Mayor Andy Arnold
PO Box 89
207 S Duke St
LaFayette, GA 30728
(706) 639-1500
LaFayette City Mayor
Andy Arnold is a LaFayette High School graduate and life-long Walker County resident. A city resident for more than 20 years, he has served on the City Council since 2002 and was elected Mayor in 2014. He has been teaching and coaching at LaFayette High for more than 20 years. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree at Jacksonville State University. He, wife Teresa and their sons, Cameron, Caleb and Carson, are actively involved at First Baptist Church of LaFayette, where he is a deacon and teaches Sunday school.