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Lawrence, MA

89,323 Population
6.9 square miles 12,889.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,307 ±$2,571 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $63,331 ±$635
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$62,061 ±$6,897 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $117,825 ±$2,297
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

16.7% ±4.6% (14,819  ±4,056) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.8% 427,347 (±0.4% / ±19,328)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)

23.4 minutes ±2.2 (1,037,005  ±123,218) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.9 72,930,830 (±0.2 / ±843,432)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)

Families

32,849 ±2,204 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,970,240 ±6,888
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.7 ±0.2 (88,577  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,850,517 (±0 / ±1,456)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

2.9% ±2.3% (739  ±584) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.2% 51,865 (±0.3% / ±3,175)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

33,714 ±2,251 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,081,743 ±490
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$517,200 ±$58,243 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $681,100 ±$4,127
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

6.8% ±2.3% (6,011  ±2,060) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 11.3% 562,710 (±0.4% / ±19,521.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

68.3% ±5.9% (39,405  ±4,070.5) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92% 3,284,580 (±0.8% / ±30,151.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
15.8% ±3.4% (9,109  ±2,028.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 53% 1,891,663 (±0.6% / ±20,979.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)

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

50.9% ±4.9% (45,454  ±4,396) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 20.7% 1,037,969
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

1.2% ±0.9% (849  ±620) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 3.6% 144,865 (±0.2% / ±6,150)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
849 Total veterans ±620 846 Male ±620 3 Female ±2

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