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Lawrence village, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Lawrence village is a Census village of 942 people across 1.78 square miles of land, in Van Buren County. Median household income is $36,058, 51.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $395,000.
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Lawrence
What Lawrence is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.78 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land529 plus or minus 174
- County holding the largest share of its areaVan Buren 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
- Population942 plus or minus 310
- Median age36.6
- Population under 18250 plus or minus 86
- Share under 1826.5 percent
- Population 65 and over145 plus or minus 57
- Share 65 and over15.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Households371 plus or minus 104
- Family households245 plus or minus 70
- Share of households that are families66.0 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$36,058 plus or minus $18,600
- Per capita income$21,878
- Civilian labor force425 plus or minus 145
- Employed378 plus or minus 126
- Unemployed47 plus or minus 39
- Unemployment rate11.1 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Adults 25 and over574 plus or minus 168
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.2 percent plus or minus 30.8
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.1 percent plus or minus 6.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawrence
Housing in Lawrence
- Housing units402 plus or minus 113
- Occupied units371 plus or minus 104
- Vacant units31 plus or minus 29
- Vacancy rate7.7 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Owner occupied190 plus or minus 66
- Renter occupied181 plus or minus 74
- Ownership rate51.2 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$133,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$587 plus or minus $119
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Single family units227 plus or minus 82
- Share single family56.5 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Units in buildings of two or more142 plus or minus 69
- Share in buildings of two or more35.3 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Mobile homes33 plus or minus 16
- Median year structure built1976
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 commute354 plus or minus 118
- Commuting under 15 minutes118 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.3 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more127 plus or minus 62
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.9 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Drove alone83.5 percent
- Carpooled9.5 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home4.3 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawrence
SBA 7(a) lending to Lawrence borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$395,000
- Average approval$197,500
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$250,000
- Largest approval$250,000
- Jobs supported3
- Jobs per approval1.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lawrence
Flood programme status in Lawrence
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number261147
- Currently effective map date06/10/26(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Van Buren County, not Lawrence
Van Buren County context, not Lawrence figures
These are Van Buren 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 Van Buren County1,327
- Employment at those establishments, Van Buren County17,635
- Covered employment, Van Buren County21,597
- Average annual pay, Van Buren County$51,293
- Average weekly wage, Van Buren County$986
- Housing units permitted, Van Buren County212
- Of those, single family, Van Buren County208
- County product, 2024, Van Buren County$3,313,230,000
- County product change over the prior year, Van Buren County-1.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Van Buren County$72,845
Every figure in this section is published for Van Buren 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.
- 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, Michigan?
942, in 371 households. Lawrence village covers 1.78 square miles of land, which is 529 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?
Van Buren 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?
$36,058. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $133,900. Median gross rent is $587 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?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $395,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $250,000. 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?
No rate is published for Lawrence. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Lawrence in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Lawrence appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 261147, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
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 Van Buren 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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