Hardy vs Lawrence

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

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

Lawrence has the higher population (217 vs 157 in Hardy). Lawrence has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $60,313 in Hardy). Lawrence has the higher median home value ($81,300 vs $14,400 in Hardy).

Population, income & housing

	Hardy	Lawrence
Population	157	217
Median age	53.0 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$72,500
Median home value	$14,400	$81,300
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	87	124
Homeownership rate	80.7%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardy	Lawrence
Population	235 → 157 (-33.2%)	391 → 217 (-44.5%)
Median household income	$35,833 → $60,313 (+68.3%)	$47,500 → $72,500 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$18,600 → $14,400 (-22.6%)	$61,300 → $81,300 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $725 (+26.1%)	—

Hardy

Population

235157

Median household income

$35,833$60,313

Median home value

$18,600$14,400

Median gross rent

$575$725

Lawrence

Population

391217

Median household income

$47,500$72,500

Median home value

$61,300$81,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardy	Lawrence
Under 5	4.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	14.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	7.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	19.7%	13.8%
75 and over	15.3%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardy	Lawrence
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardy	Lawrence
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	55.1%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardy	Lawrence
Drove alone	89.1%	85.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardy	Lawrence
1-unit, detached	97.7%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Hardy	Lawrence
Poverty rate	19.1%	3.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1938	1966