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Lawrence city, Essex County, MA

88,174 Population
6.9 square miles 12,723.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 41.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$30,414 ±$2,988 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Essex County: $51,263 ±$1,501
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$58,079 ±$5,661 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Essex County: $96,874 ±$3,764
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

16.9% ±4.7% (14,746  ±4,084) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 9.4% † 74,879 (±1.1% / ±8,596)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

23.3 minutes ±1 (903,640  ±50,613) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 28.9 10,226,790 (±0.3 / ±143,098)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

32,631 ±2,254 Number of households
  • Essex County: 313,787 ±2,856
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.7 ±0.2 (87,548  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.5 793,276 (±0 / ±134)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613

6.8% ±3.6% (1,585  ±852) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 4.9% † 9,032 (±1% / ±1,737)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

33,089 ±2,314 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 330,832 ±99
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$399,800 ±$55,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $624,700 ±$9,058
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

8.4% ±4.1% (7,238  ±3,533.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 9.1% † 72,642 (±1% / ±7,874.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

71.5% ±6.4% (42,040  ±4,270.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 514,168 (±2.1% / ±12,032.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
15.3% ±3.6% (9,012  ±2,162) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 42.7% 243,512 (±1.5% / ±8,264.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

46.5% ±5.2% (41,026  ±4,543) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 19.2% 155,382
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580

2.2% ±1.1% (1,536  ±735) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 3.9% † 24,828 (±0.4% / ±2,732)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
1,536 Total veterans ±735 1,536 Male ±735 N/A Female ±225

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