Baldwin City vs Lawrence

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

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

Lawrence has the higher population (95,459 vs 4,881 in Baldwin City). Baldwin City has the higher median household income ($81,838 vs $62,838 in Lawrence). Lawrence has the higher median home value ($269,500 vs $242,100 in Baldwin City).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin City	Lawrence
Population	4,881	95,459
Median age	29.9 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,838	$62,838
Median home value	$242,100	$269,500
Median gross rent	$1,020	$1,054
Housing units	1,569	44,034
Homeownership rate	68.6%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin City	Lawrence
Population	4,670 → 4,881 (+4.5%)	96,369 → 95,459 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$72,757 → $81,838 (+12.5%)	$53,639 → $62,838 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $242,100 (+40.8%)	$195,500 → $269,500 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,020 (+17.2%)	$924 → $1,054 (+14.1%)

Baldwin City

Population

4,6704,881

Median household income

$72,757$81,838

Median home value

$171,900$242,100

Median gross rent

$870$1,020

Lawrence

Population

96,36995,459

Median household income

$53,639$62,838

Median home value

$195,500$269,500

Median gross rent

$924$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin City	Lawrence
Under 5	8.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	20.7%	26.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	7.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.4%
75 and over	6.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin City	Lawrence
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	73.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.2%
Asian	4.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin City	Lawrence
No high school diploma	1.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	23.2%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	25.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin City	Lawrence
Drove alone	70.1%	68.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	3.2%
Walked	10.6%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	14.0%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin City	Lawrence
1-unit, detached	77.1%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	18.9%
20 or more units	3.4%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin City	Lawrence
Poverty rate	4.9%	17.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1990	1988