Most of Lafayette is in Lafayette Parish, where a full-time job needs to pay at least $25.10 an hour before taxes to take home four times the typical studio rent.
Across the 11 ZIP codes in Lafayette with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $760 to $990 a month. At the middle rent, $850, a full-time job would need to pay $25.75 an hour before taxes.
What the standard would be at each ZIP code's own studio rent. The calculator and the official standard use the county figure.
| ZIP | County | Studio rent | Pay needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70501 | Lafayette Parish | $770/mo | $23.16/hr |
| 70502 | Lafayette Parish | $850/mo | $25.75/hr |
| 70503 | Lafayette Parish | $910/mo | $27.68/hr |
| 70504 | Lafayette Parish | $850/mo | $25.75/hr |
| 70505 | Lafayette Parish | $850/mo | $25.75/hr |
| 70506 | Lafayette Parish | $890/mo | $27.04/hr |
| 70507 | Lafayette Parish | $760/mo | $22.84/hr |
| 70508 | Lafayette Parish | $990/mo | $30.27/hr |
| 70509 | Lafayette Parish | $850/mo | $25.75/hr |
| 70596 | Lafayette Parish | $850/mo | $25.75/hr |
| 70598 | Lafayette Parish | $850/mo | $25.75/hr |
Under the Four Times Rent standard, a full-time job in Lafayette needs to pay at least $25.10 an hour before taxes, about $52,206 a year. That is the figure for Lafayette Parish, where the typical studio rent is $830 a month.
Yes. Across the 11 ZIP codes in Lafayette with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $760 to $990 a month. At the middle rent of $850, the pay needed would be $25.75 an hour.
The minimum wage in Lafayette Parish is $7.25 an hour. The Four Times Rent standard there is 3.5 times that.
The Four Times Rent standard: a month of full-time work (160 hours) should take home at least four times the typical rent on a studio apartment in the county where the work is done. Rents: HUD FY2027 Fair Market Rents. Taxes: 2026 federal and state income taxes plus Social Security and Medicare, for a single filer. Why four times rent? · Method and data downloads