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Lawrence Unified School District 497, KS

99,611 Population
162.9 square miles 611.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Douglas County: 31.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$38,909 ±$1,162 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Douglas County: $39,321 ±$1,122
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$64,576 ±$2,907 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Douglas County: $68,756 ±$2,645
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

16.6% ±1.2% (15,290  ±1,085) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Douglas County: 15.2% 16,894 (±1.1% / ±1,198)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.7 minutes ±0.8 (936,320  ±44,030) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Douglas County: 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

42,490 ±555 Number of households
  • Douglas County: 49,939 ±527
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0 (91,723  ±646) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Douglas County: 2.2 110,802 (±0 / ±118)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

3.2% ±1% (940  ±295) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Douglas County: 3.3% † 1,110 (±0.9% / ±306)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

45,265 ±400 Number of housing units
  • Douglas County: 53,308 ±64
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$280,600 ±$12,388 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Douglas County: $281,600 ±$10,320
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

26.9% ±1.7% (26,608  ±1,652) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Douglas County: 25.1% 29,749 (±1.6% / ±1,843.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.9% ±3.1% (55,011  ±1,877) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Douglas County: 95.9% 67,877 (±2.8% / ±2,009.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
55.3% ±2.3% (31,738  ±1,371.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Douglas County: 52% 36,832 (±2% / ±1,431.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

7.1% ±0.7% (7,101  ±677) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Douglas County: 6.1% 7,332
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

4.9% ±0.7% (4,071  ±565) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Douglas County: 5.2% † 5,051 (±0.6% / ±614)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
4,071 Total veterans ±565 3,765 Male ±540 306 Female ±146

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