Lawrence vs Southport

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

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

Lawrence has the higher population (49,284 vs 2,036 in Southport). Lawrence has the higher median household income ($73,455 vs $69,148 in Southport). Lawrence has the higher median home value ($220,400 vs $186,500 in Southport).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence	Southport
Population	49,284	2,036
Median age	34.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,455	$69,148
Median home value	$220,400	$186,500
Median gross rent	$1,084	$1,081
Housing units	20,612	838
Homeownership rate	66.1%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence	Southport
Population	48,699 → 49,284 (+1.2%)	1,909 → 2,036 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$56,819 → $73,455 (+29.3%)	$54,630 → $69,148 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$148,700 → $220,400 (+48.2%)	$134,700 → $186,500 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,084 (+20.0%)	$1,006 → $1,081 (+7.5%)

Lawrence

Population

48,69949,284

Median household income

$56,819$73,455

Median home value

$148,700$220,400

Median gross rent

$903$1,084

Southport

Population

1,9092,036

Median household income

$54,630$69,148

Median home value

$134,700$186,500

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence	Southport
Under 5	7.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.1%
75 and over	4.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	45.8%	63.0%
Black or African American	27.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	31.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence	Southport
No high school diploma	11.1%	20.7%
High school graduate	27.2%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence	Southport
Drove alone	72.3%	72.3%
Carpooled	12.8%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence	Southport
1-unit, detached	63.9%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence	Southport
Poverty rate	8.4%	11.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1993	1963