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Lawrence township, Mercer County, NJ

32,335 Population
21.7 square miles 1,488.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$57,511 ±$4,528 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $52,101 ±$1,329
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$119,689 ±$14,808 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $96,333 ±$2,433
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

5.6% ±1.5% (1,664  ±441) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Mercer County: 11.1% 40,446 (±0.8% / ±2,964)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

29.1 minutes ±1.9 (346,085  ±35,947) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 27.6 4,106,295 (±0.8 / ±132,917)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

11,954 ±538 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 141,464 ±876
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.5 ±0.1 (29,870  ±106) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 364,611 (±0 / ±342)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

3.2% ±1.5% (248  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 4.1% † 3,690 (±0.7% / ±667)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

12,618 ±511 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 150,600 ±159
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$404,400 ±$21,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $351,000 ±$6,540
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

18.5% ±2.9% (5,923  ±931.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 12.8% 48,350 (±0.8% / ±3,034.1)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

92.3% ±4.6% (19,938  ±1,176.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 89.9% 233,383 (±1.6% / ±4,042)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
60.7% ±3.8% (13,122  ±927.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercer County: 44.9% 116,529 (±1% / ±2,550.1)
  • about 1.4 times 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

25.9% ±2.8% (8,386  ±895) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 25.7% 98,366
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2% ±0.8% (523  ±199) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 3.6% 10,657 (±0.3% / ±941)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
523 Total veterans ±199 438 Male ±164 85 Female ±87

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