Haverhill vs Lawrence

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

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

Lawrence has the higher population (88,297 vs 67,387 in Haverhill). Haverhill has the higher median household income ($87,675 vs $57,903 in Lawrence). Haverhill has the higher median home value ($426,900 vs $393,500 in Lawrence).

Population, income & housing

	Haverhill	Lawrence
Population	67,387	88,297
Median age	38.7 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,675	$57,903
Median home value	$426,900	$393,500
Median gross rent	$1,620	$1,569
Housing units	27,596	31,929
Homeownership rate	61.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haverhill	Lawrence
Population	63,533 → 67,387 (+6.1%)	79,942 → 88,297 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$69,426 → $87,675 (+26.3%)	$44,613 → $57,903 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$300,600 → $426,900 (+42.0%)	$271,100 → $393,500 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,620 (+34.1%)	$1,145 → $1,569 (+37.0%)

Haverhill

Population

63,53367,387

Median household income

$69,426$87,675

Median home value

$300,600$426,900

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,620

Lawrence

Population

79,94288,297

Median household income

$44,613$57,903

Median home value

$271,100$393,500

Median gross rent

$1,145$1,569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haverhill	Lawrence
Under 5	5.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.0%
75 and over	6.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haverhill	Lawrence
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	12.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	82.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haverhill	Lawrence
No high school diploma	9.5%	27.2%
High school graduate	30.2%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haverhill	Lawrence
Drove alone	77.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	13.6%
Public transit	1.7%	3.6%
Walked	1.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.6%	5.7%
Other means	1.4%	6.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haverhill	Lawrence
1-unit, detached	41.6%	19.8%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	44.4%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	12.1%
20 or more units	10.6%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Haverhill	Lawrence
Poverty rate	10.6%	18.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1964	1947