Lawton vs Mattawan

A side-by-side comparison of Lawton and Mattawan: population, income, housing, and more.

Lawton and Mattawan are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mattawan has the higher population (2,615 vs 2,056 in Lawton). Mattawan has the higher median household income ($82,026 vs $54,718 in Lawton). Mattawan has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $159,100 in Lawton).

Population, income & housing

	Lawton	Mattawan
Population	2,056	2,615
Median age	40.0 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,718	$82,026
Median home value	$159,100	$177,500
Median gross rent	$824	$1,038
Housing units	899	1,016
Homeownership rate	63.0%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawton	Mattawan
Population	1,570 → 2,056 (+31.0%)	2,333 → 2,615 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$48,171 → $54,718 (+13.6%)	$48,636 → $82,026 (+68.7%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $159,100 (+52.1%)	$104,200 → $177,500 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $824 (+31.2%)	$918 → $1,038 (+13.1%)

Lawton

Population

1,5702,056

Median household income

$48,171$54,718

Median home value

$104,600$159,100

Median gross rent

$628$824

Mattawan

Population

2,3332,615

Median household income

$48,636$82,026

Median home value

$104,200$177,500

Median gross rent

$918$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawton	Mattawan
Under 5	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	23.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	17.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.8%
75 and over	10.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawton	Mattawan
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawton	Mattawan
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	38.3%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawton	Mattawan
Drove alone	82.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawton	Mattawan
1-unit, detached	72.2%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	6.4%
20 or more units	10.5%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	33.8%

Poverty & households

	Lawton	Mattawan
Poverty rate	17.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1972	1992