Lawrence vs Lynn

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

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

Lynn has the higher population (100,905 vs 88,297 in Lawrence). Lynn has the higher median household income ($74,715 vs $57,903 in Lawrence). Lynn has the higher median home value ($472,600 vs $393,500 in Lawrence).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence	Lynn
Population	88,297	100,905
Median age	32.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,903	$74,715
Median home value	$393,500	$472,600
Median gross rent	$1,569	$1,612
Housing units	31,929	37,849
Homeownership rate	30.3%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence	Lynn
Population	79,942 → 88,297 (+10.5%)	93,743 → 100,905 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$44,613 → $57,903 (+29.8%)	$56,181 → $74,715 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$271,100 → $393,500 (+45.1%)	$323,100 → $472,600 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,145 → $1,569 (+37.0%)	$1,189 → $1,612 (+35.6%)

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

Lynn

Population

93,743100,905

Median household income

$56,181$74,715

Median home value

$323,100$472,600

Median gross rent

$1,189$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence	Lynn
Under 5	7.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.8%
75 and over	4.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence	Lynn
White (non-Hispanic)	12.6%	36.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	82.3%	42.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence	Lynn
No high school diploma	27.2%	21.6%
High school graduate	34.9%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence	Lynn
Drove alone	67.2%	67.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	10.7%
Public transit	3.6%	7.3%
Walked	3.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.6%
Other means	6.5%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence	Lynn
1-unit, detached	19.8%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	44.4%	30.7%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	10.6%
20 or more units	15.7%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence	Lynn
Poverty rate	18.2%	13.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1947	1945