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Lawrence township, Cumberland County, NJ

3,079 Population
36.9 square miles 83.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,524 ±$3,789 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $33,587 ±$2,440
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$84,554 ±$20,177 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cumberland County: $64,499 ±$1,963
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

10.9% ±5.8% (334  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cumberland County: 16.3% 23,410 (±1.4% / ±2,049)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

30.1 minutes ±4.4 (44,475  ±8,084) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 25 1,464,240 (±0.9 / ±59,230)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,169 ±73 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 53,341 ±486
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.6 ±0.2 (3,046  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cumberland County: 2.7 143,219 (±0 / ±366)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

4.1% ±3.3% (29  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Cumberland County: 4.3% † 1,398 (±1.2% / ±379)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

1,273 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 57,203 ±140
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$202,800 ±$22,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cumberland County: $205,600 ±$4,394
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

4.3% ±2.5% (130  ±75.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 9.4% † 14,355 (±1% / ±1,437.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

91.8% ±9.6% (2,043  ±233.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 81.3% 83,726 (±2.2% / ±2,234.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
22.7% ±5.7% (504  ±128.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 17.9% 18,484 (±1% / ±1,018.7)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.6% ±2.2% (111  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cumberland County: 12.1% 18,523
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

7.7% ±3% (186  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cumberland County: 4.8% 5,587 (±0.4% / ±488)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
186 Total veterans ±73 174 Male ±71 12 Female ±13

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