Lawrenceville vs Russellville

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

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

Lawrenceville has the higher population (4,241 vs 69 in Russellville). Lawrenceville has the higher median household income ($44,885 vs $41,458 in Russellville). Lawrenceville has the higher median home value ($77,600 vs $23,300 in Russellville).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceville	Russellville
Population	4,241	69
Median age	38.1 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,885	$41,458
Median home value	$77,600	$23,300
Median gross rent	$749	—
Housing units	2,107	43
Homeownership rate	66.3%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceville	Russellville
Population	4,165 → 4,241 (+1.8%)	95 → 69 (-27.4%)
Median household income	$40,438 → $44,885 (+11.0%)	$26,786 → $41,458 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $77,600 (+5.6%)	$39,100 → $23,300 (-40.4%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $749 (+8.4%)	—

Lawrenceville

Population

4,1654,241

Median household income

$40,438$44,885

Median home value

$73,500$77,600

Median gross rent

$691$749

Russellville

Population

9569

Median household income

$26,786$41,458

Median home value

$39,100$23,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrenceville	Russellville
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	31.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.5%	21.7%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	4.3%
75 and over	9.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceville	Russellville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	56.5%
Black or African American	4.7%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	36.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceville	Russellville
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	27.2%	70.0%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceville	Russellville
Drove alone	80.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceville	Russellville
1-unit, detached	76.6%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceville	Russellville
Poverty rate	16.3%	18.8%
Average household size	2.39	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1953	1983