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Lawrence township, Cumberland County, NJ

3,087 Population
36.9 square miles 83.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,282 ±$5,734 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cumberland County: $32,721 ±$1,376
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,515 ±$22,015 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $67,436 ±$1,985
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±5.2% (246  ±160) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 15.6% 22,583 (±1.5% / ±2,196)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.6 minutes ±4.6 (39,400  ±7,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 25.5 1,504,385 (±0.9 / ±67,094)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,209 ±80 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 53,781 ±503
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (3,049  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cumberland County: 2.7 144,225 (±0 / ±660)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±5.1% (44  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 5.6% † 1,851 (±1.3% / ±437)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,272 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 57,282 ±248
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$229,500 ±$21,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cumberland County: $221,400 ±$4,674
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.5% ±3.6% (167  ±108.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cumberland County: 8.6% † 13,013 (±0.9% / ±1,395.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89% ±9.7% (2,039  ±233.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 81.6% 84,049 (±2.2% / ±2,291.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.2% ±5.5% (485  ±126.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 18.9% 19,503 (±1.1% / ±1,138.5)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.9% ±2.5% (121  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cumberland County: 12.7% 19,486
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±3% (160  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cumberland County: 5% † 5,802 (±0.5% / ±619)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
160 Total veterans ±74 145 Male ±73 15 Female ±17

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