Duluth vs Lawrenceville

A side-by-side comparison of Duluth and Lawrenceville: population, income, housing, and more.

Duluth and Lawrenceville are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Duluth has the higher population (31,958 vs 30,626 in Lawrenceville). Duluth has the higher median household income ($95,580 vs $58,606 in Lawrenceville). Duluth has the higher median home value ($366,000 vs $335,100 in Lawrenceville).

Population, income & housing

	Duluth	Lawrenceville
Population	31,958	30,626
Median age	38.1 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,580	$58,606
Median home value	$366,000	$335,100
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,457
Housing units	13,051	11,483
Homeownership rate	56.2%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duluth	Lawrenceville
Population	29,370 → 31,958 (+8.8%)	29,719 → 30,626 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$71,220 → $95,580 (+34.2%)	$52,585 → $58,606 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$229,600 → $366,000 (+59.4%)	$171,600 → $335,100 (+95.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $1,785 (+30.7%)	$1,027 → $1,457 (+41.9%)

Duluth

Population

29,37031,958

Median household income

$71,220$95,580

Median home value

$229,600$366,000

Median gross rent

$1,366$1,785

Lawrenceville

Population

29,71930,626

Median household income

$52,585$58,606

Median home value

$171,600$335,100

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,457

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duluth	Lawrenceville
Under 5	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	12.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.3%
75 and over	4.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duluth	Lawrenceville
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	29.6%
Black or African American	23.0%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	23.4%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	26.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duluth	Lawrenceville
No high school diploma	5.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	18.3%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duluth	Lawrenceville
Drove alone	65.9%	66.5%
Carpooled	12.8%	16.1%
Public transit	0.3%	1.8%
Walked	1.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	11.3%
Other means	1.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duluth	Lawrenceville
1-unit, detached	47.9%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	12.7%
20 or more units	13.8%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Duluth	Lawrenceville
Poverty rate	6.6%	17.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1994	1987