Lawrenceville vs Sumner

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

Lawrenceville and Sumner 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 2,229 in Sumner). Sumner has the higher median household income ($51,458 vs $44,885 in Lawrenceville). Lawrenceville has the higher median home value ($77,600 vs $61,200 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceville	Sumner
Population	4,241	2,229
Median age	38.1 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,885	$51,458
Median home value	$77,600	$61,200
Median gross rent	$749	$707
Housing units	2,107	334
Homeownership rate	66.3%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceville	Sumner
Population	4,165 → 4,241 (+1.8%)	3,056 → 2,229 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$40,438 → $44,885 (+11.0%)	$35,792 → $51,458 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $77,600 (+5.6%)	$43,800 → $61,200 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $749 (+8.4%)	$555 → $707 (+27.4%)

Lawrenceville

Population

4,1654,241

Median household income

$40,438$44,885

Median home value

$73,500$77,600

Median gross rent

$691$749

Sumner

Population

3,0562,229

Median household income

$35,792$51,458

Median home value

$43,800$61,200

Median gross rent

$555$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrenceville	Sumner
Under 5	5.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	6.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	26.0%
35 to 44	17.5%	21.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	4.6%
75 and over	9.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceville	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	52.6%
Black or African American	4.7%	33.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceville	Sumner
No high school diploma	11.3%	37.5%
High school graduate	27.2%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceville	Sumner
Drove alone	80.8%	80.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	15.8%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.2%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceville	Sumner
1-unit, detached	76.6%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceville	Sumner
Poverty rate	16.3%	33.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1953	1955