Henrietta vs Lawson

A side-by-side comparison of Henrietta and Lawson: population, income, housing, and more.

Henrietta and Lawson are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lawson has the higher population (2,742 vs 345 in Henrietta). Lawson has the higher median household income ($63,799 vs $57,917 in Henrietta). Lawson has the higher median home value ($169,500 vs $50,000 in Henrietta).

Population, income & housing

	Henrietta	Lawson
Population	345	2,742
Median age	30.2 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$63,799
Median home value	$50,000	$169,500
Median gross rent	$716	$1,006
Housing units	164	1,053
Homeownership rate	66.7%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henrietta	Lawson
Population	350 → 345 (-1.4%)	2,145 → 2,742 (+27.8%)
Median household income	$55,167 → $57,917 (+5.0%)	$59,698 → $63,799 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$41,200 → $50,000 (+21.4%)	$119,900 → $169,500 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $716 (-15.8%)	$736 → $1,006 (+36.7%)

Henrietta

Population

350345

Median household income

$55,167$57,917

Median home value

$41,200$50,000

Median gross rent

$850$716

Lawson

Population

2,1452,742

Median household income

$59,698$63,799

Median home value

$119,900$169,500

Median gross rent

$736$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Henrietta	Lawson
Under 5	4.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	15.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	22.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	16.8%	7.3%
55 to 64	5.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.5%
75 and over	2.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henrietta	Lawson
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	95.7%
Black or African American	8.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henrietta	Lawson
No high school diploma	25.7%	12.6%
High school graduate	45.9%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henrietta	Lawson
Drove alone	69.7%	74.2%
Carpooled	26.1%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henrietta	Lawson
1-unit, detached	75.6%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Henrietta	Lawson
Poverty rate	24.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1951	1978