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Lawrence city, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Lawrence city is a Census city of 49,517 people across 20.16 square miles of land, in Marion County. Median household income is $74,022, 66.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Lawrence
What Lawrence is
- Census place typecity
- Land area20.16 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,457
- County holding the largest share of its areaMarion County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawrence
How many people live in Lawrence
- Population49,517
- Median age34.3
- Population under 1813,191
- Share under 1826.6 percent
- Population 65 and over6,134
- Share 65 and over12.4 percent
- Households19,579
- Family households11,890
- Share of households that are families60.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawrence
Income and work in Lawrence
- Median household income$74,022
- Per capita income$36,079
- Civilian labor force27,260
- Employed26,045
- Unemployed1,215 plus or minus 431
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over31,509
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawrence
Housing in Lawrence
- Housing units20,422
- Occupied units19,579
- Vacant units843 plus or minus 280
- Vacancy rate4.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied12,941
- Renter occupied6,638
- Ownership rate66.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$230,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,178
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.1 percent
- Single family units13,982
- Share single family68.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,290
- Share in buildings of two or more21.0 percent
- Mobile homes2,150
- Median year structure built1992
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawrence
How Lawrence gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute22,057
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,135
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more8,018
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.4 percent
- Drove alone72.2 percent
- Carpooled11.0 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home14.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawrence
SBA loans in Lawrence (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,884,000
- Average approval$942,000
- Median approval$1,092,000
- Largest approval$1,092,000
- Jobs supported14
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Marion County, not Lawrence
Marion County context, not Lawrence figures
These are Marion County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lawrence measurements.
- Establishments in Marion County24,248
- Employment at those establishments, Marion County544,147
- Covered employment, Marion County625,533
- Average annual pay, Marion County$76,163
- Average weekly wage, Marion County$1,465
- Housing units permitted, Marion County1,906
- Of those, single family, Marion County1,253
- County product, 2024, Marion County$135,592,874,000
- County product change over the prior year, Marion County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Marion County$57,962
Every figure in this section is published for Marion County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lawrence. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lawrence questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lawrence, Indiana?
49,517, in 19,579 households. Lawrence city covers 20.16 square miles of land, which is 2,457 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lawrence in?
Marion County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lawrence?
$74,022. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $230,100. Median gross rent is $1,178 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Lawrence figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Marion County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lawrence.
Is zoning published for Lawrence?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.