Lawtey vs Starke

A side-by-side comparison of Lawtey and Starke: population, income, housing, and more.

Lawtey and Starke are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Starke has the higher population (5,821 vs 1,317 in Lawtey). Lawtey has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $46,291 in Starke). Starke has the higher median home value ($200,200 vs $160,900 in Lawtey).

Population, income & housing

	Lawtey	Starke
Population	1,317	5,821
Median age	41.5 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$46,291
Median home value	$160,900	$200,200
Median gross rent	$670	$867
Housing units	408	2,529
Homeownership rate	74.2%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	24.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawtey	Starke
Population	988 → 1,317 (+33.3%)	5,393 → 5,821 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$33,854 → $55,000 (+62.5%)	$32,177 → $46,291 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $160,900 (+105.5%)	$97,900 → $200,200 (+104.5%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $670 (+7.2%)	$863 → $867 (+0.5%)

Lawtey

Population

9881,317

Median household income

$33,854$55,000

Median home value

$78,300$160,900

Median gross rent

$625$670

Starke

Population

5,3935,821

Median household income

$32,177$46,291

Median home value

$97,900$200,200

Median gross rent

$863$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawtey	Starke
Under 5	5.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	21.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	19.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	23.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.1%
75 and over	4.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawtey	Starke
White (non-Hispanic)	47.4%	64.0%
Black or African American	38.0%	28.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawtey	Starke
No high school diploma	29.4%	11.4%
High school graduate	22.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawtey	Starke
Drove alone	74.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	8.9%	5.8%
Other means	5.7%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawtey	Starke
1-unit, detached	56.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	36.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Lawtey	Starke
Poverty rate	11.1%	39.4%
Average household size	3.58	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	47	28
Median year structure built	1982	1973