What is the population of Lawrence city?

Lawrence city has 49,284 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #22 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Lawrence city?

Median household income in Lawrence city is $73,455 a year, 6.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lawrence city?

Median gross rent is $1,084 a month and the median home value is $220,400, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.

Is Lawrence city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lawrence city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lawrence, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lawrence, Indiana (Lawrence, IN — Census place “Lawrence city”) is 49,284 residents, ranking #22 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $73,455, the median home is worth $220,400 and median gross rent runs $1,084 a month. Looking for the Lawrence Indiana ZIP code list? 4 ZIP codes serve Lawrence, IN: 46216, 46226, 46235, 46236.

Population: 49,284Lawrence city residents
Median household income: $73,455Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $220,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,084Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.1%Owner-occupied households

Lawrence ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lawrence.

The Lawrence IN ZIP code list below covers 4 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Lawrence city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lawrence city median would spend about 17.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.4% of residents and 66.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Lawrence city, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lawrence city is a small city in Indiana, with 49,284 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #22 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 34.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lawrence city earn a median of $73,455 a year, 6.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% above the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 8.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lawrence city is valued at $220,400, 27.4% below the national figure and 51% above the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,084 a month, 22.9% below the national figure, or roughly $13,008 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Lawrence city?: Lawrence city has 49,284 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #22 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Lawrence city?: Median household income in Lawrence city is $73,455 a year, 6.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lawrence city?: Median gross rent is $1,084 a month and the median home value is $220,400, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.
Is Lawrence city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lawrence city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lawrence city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.