Lawson vs Richmond

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

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

Richmond has the higher population (5,979 vs 2,742 in Lawson). Lawson has the higher median household income ($63,799 vs $58,906 in Richmond). Lawson has the higher median home value ($169,500 vs $135,500 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Lawson	Richmond
Population	2,742	5,979
Median age	31.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,799	$58,906
Median home value	$169,500	$135,500
Median gross rent	$1,006	$734
Housing units	1,053	2,722
Homeownership rate	73.4%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawson	Richmond
Population	2,145 → 2,742 (+27.8%)	5,628 → 5,979 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$59,698 → $63,799 (+6.9%)	$51,362 → $58,906 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $169,500 (+41.4%)	$100,800 → $135,500 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $1,006 (+36.7%)	$626 → $734 (+17.3%)

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

Richmond

Population

5,6285,979

Median household income

$51,362$58,906

Median home value

$100,800$135,500

Median gross rent

$626$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawson	Richmond
Under 5	9.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	23.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.0%
75 and over	8.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawson	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawson	Richmond
No high school diploma	12.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	44.7%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawson	Richmond
Drove alone	74.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	2.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawson	Richmond
1-unit, detached	86.6%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawson	Richmond
Poverty rate	10.0%	16.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1978	1964