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Lawrence city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Lawrence city is a Census city of 96,051 people across 34.62 square miles of land, in Douglas County. Median household income is $65,009, 43.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 88 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $41.9 m.
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Lawrence
What Lawrence is
- Census place typecity
- Land area34.62 sq mi
- Water area0.83 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,774
- County holding the largest share of its areaDouglas 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
- Population96,051
- Median age29.3
- Population under 1815,671
- Share under 1816.3 percent
- Population 65 and over12,171
- Share 65 and over12.7 percent
- Households41,129
- Family households19,323
- Share of households that are families47.0 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$65,009
- Per capita income$39,194
- Civilian labor force57,122
- Employed54,590
- Unemployed2,532 plus or minus 512
- Unemployment rate4.4 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over55,061
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher55.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree26.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawrence
Housing in Lawrence
- Housing units44,098
- Occupied units41,129
- Vacant units2,969
- Vacancy rate6.7 percent
- Owner occupied17,931
- Renter occupied23,198
- Ownership rate43.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$292,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,091
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.1 percent
- Single family units24,719
- Share single family56.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more18,681
- Share in buildings of two or more42.4 percent
- Mobile homes668 plus or minus 182
- Median year structure built1988
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 commute45,343
- Commuting under 15 minutes20,724
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more11,808
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.0 percent
- Drove alone67.6 percent
- Carpooled7.1 percent
- Public transport2.9 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked4.6 percent
- Worked from home15.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawrence
SBA 7(a) lending to Lawrence borrowers
- Approvals88
- Gross approval$41,869,800
- Average approval$475,793
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,105,000
- Largest approval$4,850,000
- Jobs supported861
- Jobs per approval9.8
- Loans with a final outcome26
- Paid in full26
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.7 percent
- Share to franchises10.2 percent
- Distinct lenders40
- Distinct industries by NAICS59
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lawrence
SBA 504 lending to Lawrence borrowers
- Approvals62
- Gross approval$36,738,000
- Average approval$592,548
- Median approval$379,000
- Largest approval$2,852,000
- Jobs supported610
- Loans with a final outcome22
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Douglas County, not Lawrence
Douglas County context, not Lawrence figures
These are Douglas 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 Douglas County2,774
- Employment at those establishments, Douglas County38,737
- Covered employment, Douglas County50,969
- Average annual pay, Douglas County$54,079
- Average weekly wage, Douglas County$1,040
- Housing units permitted, Douglas County247
- Of those, single family, Douglas County196
- County product, 2024, Douglas County$7,032,056,000
- County product change over the prior year, Douglas County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Douglas County$52,093
Every figure in this section is published for Douglas 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, Kansas?
96,051, in 41,129 households. Lawrence city covers 34.62 square miles of land, which is 2,774 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?
Douglas 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?
$65,009. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $292,700. Median gross rent is $1,091 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lawrence businesses?
88 7(a) approvals totalling $41.9 m, across 40 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 62 504 approvals worth $36.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lawrence, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lawrence borrowers get paid back?
Of the 26 loans that have reached a final outcome, 26 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
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 Douglas 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.
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