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Lafayette Colorado is yet another Boulder County city that has a wide variety of housing options, is still very close to Boulder and Denver, and with a population of 35,000 and growing – is small enough to be a "cozy town" yet large enough that there is no need to go anywhere for work, groceries, shopping, etc. Much like Louisville, Lafayette CO was established as a mining town in 1889 by Mary Miller. It was named after her recently deceased husband, Lafayette Miller, when she discovered coal on her property and established one of Lafayette’s largest coal mines. Mary Miller was Colorado’s first president of a major bank, and she carried much clout in the area. Since she wasn’t able to become Mayor because she was a woman, she got her son elected as a "puppet mayor", and got things done that way. She had a large influence on the area, named streets and roads after friends and politicians she admired, and had a lot to do with the layout of the area in general. Downtown Lafayette still has a lot of that turn of the century charm inspired largely by its founder. Antique shopping is one of the favorite pasttimes of visitors (as well as for Lafayette homeowners.)

If you’re in the market for Lafayette CO real estate, you can typically find between 300 and 450 homes for sale. (That’s quite a low turnover rate for a city with a population of 35,000 – which is a nice indicator of being a desirable community.) Single family homes in Lafayette tend to be smaller than either Louisville or Boulder, so prices are much lower. (Home prices in Lafayette tend to start as low as about $200,000, but that is for an 800 square foot home with no basement, whereas Louisville and Boulder homes tend to be a bit larger.) The price of a home in Lafayette CO might be $230,000, the same home in Louisville would likely be $250,000 to $260,000, and that same home in Boulder would most likely be about $300,000. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the farther you move from Boulder, the more house you get for your money (within about a 40 minute radius.) That could be why there are so many rocket scientists in Boulder.

Lafayette residents can easily commute 20 minutes west to get to Boulder, 10 minutes south on hwy 287 to get to Broomfield (and continue about 15 minutes farther southeast to Denver). Longmont is about 15 minutes north of most homes in Lafayette, and I-25 (the Interstate running from the Northern Colorado Border to the Southern Colorado Border) is only about a 10 minute drive east of Lafayette.

If you’re considering relocating to Lafayette from out of state, be sure to visit old-town Lafayette, and have lunch at “Effrain’s” or “La Familia” restaurant. Both are excellent family run restaurants, and have great food. “Casa Alvarez” is another great establishment on Main Street, Lafayette, but it doesn’t have the same “family run” feel that others in town do.

If none of the cities described in Boulder County tickle your fancy, you may want to consider areas farther south in the Denver Metro area. Of course, there’s nothing like our Automated Homefinder if you’re ready to get serious about finding your Lafayette real estate right now, with access to information on over 40,000 homes, hundreds of thousands of pictures and virtual tours, and research tools. And it’s free, no obligation.