What is the population of Lawton village?

Lawton village has 2,056 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #304 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Lawton village?

Median household income in Lawton village is $54,718 a year, 30.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lawton village?

Median gross rent is $824 a month and the median home value is $159,100, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.

Is Lawton village affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lawton village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lawton, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lawton, Michigan (Lawton, MI — Census place “Lawton village”) is 2,056 residents, ranking #304 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $54,718, the median home is worth $159,100 and median gross rent runs $824 a month. Looking for the Lawton Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lawton, MI: 49065.

Population: 2,056Lawton village residents
Median household income: $54,718Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $159,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $824Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63%Owner-occupied households

Lawton ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lawton.

The Lawton MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

49065

What the numbers mean in Lawton village

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lawton village median would spend about 18.1% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.1% of residents and 63% of households own their home.

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

Lawton village, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lawton village is a small town in Michigan, with 2,056 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #304 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 59% of them. The median age here is 40 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Lawton village earn a median of $54,718 a year, 30.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 17.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lawton village is valued at $159,100, 47.6% below the national figure and 4% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $824 a month, 41.4% below the national figure, or roughly $9,888 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% 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 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Lawton village?: Lawton village has 2,056 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #304 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Lawton village?: Median household income in Lawton village is $54,718 a year, 30.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lawton village?: Median gross rent is $824 a month and the median home value is $159,100, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
Is Lawton village affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lawton village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lawton village data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.