Lawson vs Orrick

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

Lawson and Orrick 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 787 in Orrick). Orrick has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $63,799 in Lawson). Lawson has the higher median home value ($169,500 vs $112,700 in Orrick).

Population, income & housing

	Lawson	Orrick
Population	2,742	787
Median age	31.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,799	$70,417
Median home value	$169,500	$112,700
Median gross rent	$1,006	$758
Housing units	1,053	352
Homeownership rate	73.4%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawson	Orrick
Population	2,145 → 2,742 (+27.8%)	746 → 787 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$59,698 → $63,799 (+6.9%)	$62,778 → $70,417 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $169,500 (+41.4%)	$95,600 → $112,700 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $1,006 (+36.7%)	$775 → $758 (-2.2%)

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

Orrick

Population

746787

Median household income

$62,778$70,417

Median home value

$95,600$112,700

Median gross rent

$775$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawson	Orrick
Under 5	9.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	23.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.4%
75 and over	8.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawson	Orrick
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawson	Orrick
No high school diploma	12.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	44.7%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawson	Orrick
Drove alone	74.2%	87.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawson	Orrick
1-unit, detached	86.6%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Lawson	Orrick
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.90	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1978	1959