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Lawrence township, Mercer County, NJ

32,313 Population
21.7 square miles 1,487.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 39.5 ±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

$61,892 ±$4,443 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $53,765 ±$1,398
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$130,142 ±$10,777 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mercer County: $100,645 ±$2,565
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.5% ±1.6% (1,353  ±466) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 10.3% 37,849 (±0.9% / ±3,114)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.7 minutes ±2 (343,135  ±38,149) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 27.1 4,017,505 (±0.6 / ±113,197)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,442 ±563 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 144,114 ±834
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (29,960  ±118) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 368,473 (±0 / ±294)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±1.4% (274  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 4.4% † 4,015 (±0.8% / ±675)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,927 ±549 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 151,138 ±116
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$439,700 ±$19,565 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $377,700 ±$6,110
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17% ±3.2% (5,449  ±1,017) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercer County: 12% 45,688 (±0.7% / ±2,726.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±4.3% (20,226  ±1,132.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 89.4% 233,936 (±1.5% / ±3,937.4)
  • 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)
61.3% ±3.8% (13,515  ±941.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercer County: 45.4% 118,879 (±1% / ±2,579.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

27.3% ±2.8% (8,825  ±914) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 27% 104,307
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.7% ±0.6% (452  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% 10,176 (±0.3% / ±882)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
452 Total veterans ±161 378 Male ±144 74 Female ±68

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