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Lawrence, KS

97,265 Population
34.6 square miles 2,809.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 32.7 ±1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,968 ±$3,630 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $39,758 ±$2,949
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,129 ±$5,608 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $72,449 ±$5,490
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.7% ±3.6% (16,740  ±3,200) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 15.3% † 17,384 (±2.8% / ±3,221)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.1 minutes ±1.1 (987,780  ±86,883) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 21.8 1,268,015 (±1.1 / ±98,863)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 20 26,791,260 (±0.3 / ±510,391)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

41,014 ±1,571 Number of households
  • the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 51,307 ±1,405
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (89,417  ±236) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 2.2 113,286 (±0.1 / ±199)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.3% ±1.4% (383  ±403) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 2% † 701 (±1.5% / ±505)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

43,511 ±1,027 Number of housing units
  • the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 54,280 ±93
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$315,100 ±$27,336 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $330,200 ±$19,997
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

24.3% ±3.5% (23,485  ±3,417.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 21.3% † 25,736 (±3% / ±3,572.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94% ±6.6% (52,984  ±4,042.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 94.5% 70,272 (±5.7% / ±4,552.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
58% ±5.1% (32,711  ±3,055.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 55.4% 41,175 (±4.3% / ±3,340.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.2% ±1.8% (7,988  ±1,764) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 6.7% 8,114
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.4% ±1.2% (3,571  ±1,000) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 5.4% † 5,380 (±1.3% / ±1,284)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,571 Total veterans ±1,000 3,004 Male ±903 567 Female ±308

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