Metro · Density Score
Lafayette, LA
Metro area in Louisiana
29 Combined score #80 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 27 #89 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 32 #71 of 109
Lafayette ranks #80 overall, #71 in Startup & VC and #89 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #43 of 109: 1.1 early-stage rounds per year per 100k people
- #51 of 109: 165 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #65 of 109: $4.1M in VC per year per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $4.1M #65 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.1 #43 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0 #81 of 102
- GDP per person
- $61K #104 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 14 #80 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 165 #51 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 1.3% #104 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -199 #78 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Viemed Healthcare Inc. $270M
- Home Bancorp Inc. $149M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
