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Lawrence city, Essex County, MA

88,511 Population
6.9 square miles 12,772.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Essex County: 40.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,913 ±$2,231 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Essex County: $45,781 ±$1,132
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $49,746 ±$459
$49,087 ±$8,049 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Essex County: $87,433 ±$2,530
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $89,645 ±$1,287

17.1% ±4.1% (14,954  ±3,569) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 9.5% † 75,021 (±1% / ±7,907)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,138 (±0.3% / ±21,871)

20.3 minutes ±1.2 (747,235  ±74,898) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Essex County: 26.6 8,675,165 (±0.7 / ±314,226)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 27.5 73,941,424 (±0.2 / ±862,637)

Families

30,366 ±1,840 Number of households
  • Essex County: 309,972 ±2,203
  • Massachusetts: 2,759,018 ±9,086
2.9 ±0.2 (87,784  ±522) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 790,777 (±0 / ±1,926)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,738,001 (±0)

8.6% ±3.5% (2,135  ±878) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 6.4% † 11,814 (±1.1% / ±2,093)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,136 (±0.3% / ±4,819)

Housing

31,378 ±1,964 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 328,553 ±768
  • Massachusetts: 3,017,772 ±315

$377,500 ±$39,084 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $529,400 ±$10,117
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $480,600 ±$3,093

12% ±3.2% (10,413  ±2,814.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 11% † 87,974 (±1.1% / ±9,057.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 872,355 (±0.3% / ±22,449.6)

Social

70.2% ±5.6% (37,864  ±3,374.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 90.4% 512,392 (±1.9% / ±10,817)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,495,563 (±0.7% / ±33,250.2)
14.4% ±3% (7,764  ±1,662.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 42.1% 238,417 (±1.2% / ±7,027.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,300,423 (±0.5% / ±23,318)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

44.7% ±4.9% (39,558  ±4,357) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 18.6% 150,304 (±1.1% / ±8,918)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,488 (±0.3% / ±21,752)

1.6% ±1% (1,035  ±621) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 4% 25,707 (±0.4% / ±2,437)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 238,039 (±0.1% / ±7,249)
1,035 Total veterans ±621 874 Male ±590 161 Female ±190

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