What is the population of Lawrence city?

Lawrence city has 95,459 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #6 of 740 in Kansas.

What is the median household income in Lawrence city?

Median household income in Lawrence city is $62,838 a year, 20% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,054 a month and the median home value is $269,500, so rent absorbs about 20.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lawrence city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lawrence, KS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lawrence, Kansas (Lawrence, KS — Census place “Lawrence city”) is 95,459 residents, ranking #6 of 740 places in Kansas. Median household income is $62,838, the median home is worth $269,500 and median gross rent runs $1,054 a month. Looking for the Lawrence Kansas ZIP code list? 5 ZIP codes serve Lawrence, KS: 66044, 66045, 66046, 66047, 66049.

Population: 95,459Lawrence city residents
Median household income: $62,838Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $269,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,054Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 29.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 42.9%Owner-occupied households

Lawrence ZIP codes (Kansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lawrence.

The Lawrence KS ZIP code list below covers 5 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 20.1% 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 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.6% of residents and 42.9% 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, KS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lawrence city is a small city in Kansas, with 95,459 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #6 of 740 ranked by population — larger than 99% of them. The median age here is 29.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Lawrence city earn a median of $62,838 a year, 20% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $63,750 median for the 200 Kansas 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 17.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lawrence city is valued at $269,500, 11.2% below the national figure and 105% above the $131,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,054 a month, 25% below the national figure, or roughly $12,648 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 42.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 29.2 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.

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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Lawrence city?: Lawrence city has 95,459 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #6 of 740 in Kansas.
What is the median household income in Lawrence city?: Median household income in Lawrence city is $62,838 a year, 20% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lawrence city?: Median gross rent is $1,054 a month and the median home value is $269,500, so rent absorbs about 20.1% of median household income.
Is Lawrence city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lawrence city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.1% 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. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.