Chemung vs Lawrence

A side-by-side comparison of Chemung and Lawrence: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chemung has the higher population (251 vs 213 in Lawrence). Lawrence has the higher median household income ($94,205 vs $68,463 in Chemung). Lawrence has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $181,900 in Chemung).

Population, income & housing

	Chemung	Lawrence
Population	251	213
Median age	75.0 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,463	$94,205
Median home value	$181,900	$218,800
Housing units	154	72
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	31.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chemung	Lawrence
Population	665 → 251 (-62.3%)	150 → 213 (+42.0%)
Median household income	$36,228 → $68,463 (+89.0%)	$98,977 → $94,205 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $181,900 (+17.6%)	$126,000 → $218,800 (+73.7%)

Chemung

Population

665251

Median household income

$36,228$68,463

Median home value

$154,700$181,900

Lawrence

Population

150213

Median household income

$98,977$94,205

Median home value

$126,000$218,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chemung	Lawrence
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	25.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	39.8%	0.0%
75 and over	51.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chemung	Lawrence
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chemung	Lawrence
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	89.2%	69.9%
Some college or associate's	4.0%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chemung	Lawrence
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chemung	Lawrence
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chemung	Lawrence
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.2%
Average household size	1.73	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1992	1977