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Lawton, MI

2,104 Population
2.3 square miles 918.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Van Buren County: 41.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,126 ±$3,518 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Van Buren County: $35,009 ±$893
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,652 ±$6,747 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Van Buren County: $68,114 ±$2,018
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±7.7% (382  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Van Buren County: 14.3% † 10,740 (±1.4% / ±1,079)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±9.1 (18,585  ±4,826) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Van Buren County: 24.5 729,885 (±0.6 / ±26,165)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

896 ±164 Number of households
  • Van Buren County: 30,622 ±511
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,956  ±375) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Van Buren County: 2.4 74,750 (±0 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

948 ±162 Number of housing units
  • Van Buren County: 37,405 ±41
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,100 ±$17,439 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Van Buren County: $206,500 ±$6,313
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±3.4% (204  ±80.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Van Buren County: 7.9% † 5,955 (±0.9% / ±657.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±20% (1,336  ±187.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Van Buren County: 89.6% 47,316 (±2.4% / ±1,260.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.5% ±3.7% (275  ±72.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Van Buren County: 23% 12,149 (±1.2% / ±648.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half 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

1.8% ±1.6% (37  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Van Buren County: 4.6% 3,518
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2.5% (121  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Van Buren County: 6.1% 3,575 (±0.6% / ±352)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
121 Total veterans ±45 106 Male ±40 15 Female ±17

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