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Lawrence, KS

96,209 Population
34.3 square miles 2,808.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 32.6 ±1.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$37,709 ±$2,663 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $38,427 ±$2,617
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
$62,608 ±$7,796 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $66,997 ±$6,079
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182

16.2% ±3.3% (14,388  ±2,954) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 13.7% † 15,391 (±2.7% / ±3,022)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)

19.7 minutes ±0.9 (905,065  ±46,451) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 20.6 1,158,975 (±0.7 / ±49,566)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

41,551 ±1,528 Number of households
  • the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 51,013 ±1,347
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
2.1 ±0.1 (88,913  ±309) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 2.2 112,363 (±0.1 / ±312)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,853,521

1.8% ±1.3% (534  ±393) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 3.2% † 1,091 (±1.7% / ±593)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)

Housing

44,577 ±924 Number of housing units
  • the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 54,095 ±144
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716

$294,300 ±$18,177 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $305,600 ±$18,198
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121

28% ±4.3% (26,819  ±4,128.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 24.3% † 29,081 (±3.5% / ±4,213.7)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)

Social

95.9% ±6.5% (54,387  ±4,012.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 95.8% 70,313 (±5.9% / ±4,484.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
56.9% ±4.9% (32,241  ±2,935.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 53.3% 39,095 (±4.4% / ±3,286.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)

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

7% ±1.6% (6,707  ±1,547) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 5.7% 6,844
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,421

3.3% ±1.1% (2,665  ±848) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 3.6% † 3,560 (±0.9% / ±908)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
2,665 Total veterans ±848 2,520 Male ±816 145 Female ±184

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