There are 20 nursing homes serving La Fayette, Georgia. This includes 2 in La Fayette and 18 nearby. Nursing home care costs in Georgia range from about $116 to $240 daily, with a mean cost running around $180. The monthly expense averages roughly $5,400 and ranges between $3,480 and $7,200. On an annual basis, the mean cost is about $65,700, which is under the nationwide average of $77,380.
 Nursing home care costs in La Fayette, GA generally range from $170 per day up to $300 per day, with a median cost of around $244 per day. This equates to an annual cost of about $88,983.
  Located within Walker County, La Fayette is a small city in the State of Georgia. It is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan statistical area. While the city itself has 19,612 inhabitants, the surrounding metro area includes a population of 106,240. 28% of the local residents are over the age of 55. 
The SeniorScore™ for La Fayette is 63. The city has a mean per capita income of $19,000. The average household income is $38,000 compared to an average of $41,000 for the whole of Georgia. The current unemployment rate is approximately 13.9% and the average housing price is $135,000, which is somewhat less than the Georgia average of $163,500. 
La Fayette has mild average temperatures, with comfortable winters and warm summers. The city gets very heavy levels of rain each year. La Fayette has poor air quality ratings compared to other cities in the US.