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Town in Onondaga County, New York, U.S.LaFayette ( Onondaga: Deyoʼswé·geʼ ) is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 4,910. The town is named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a key figure in the French and American revolutions, and widely considered a national hero of France and the United States. LaFayette is in the southern part of Onondaga County, south of Syracuse.
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The median sale price was $298,000 in March 2026.
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The public schools LaFayette’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 52% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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