Lawrenceville vs Pennington

A side-by-side comparison of Lawrenceville and Pennington: population, income, housing, and more.

Lawrenceville and Pennington are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lawrenceville has the higher population (3,947 vs 2,798 in Pennington). Pennington has the higher median household income ($171,282 vs $118,482 in Lawrenceville). Pennington has the higher median home value ($608,200 vs $413,600 in Lawrenceville).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceville	Pennington
Population	3,947	2,798
Median age	43.4 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$118,482	$171,282
Median home value	$413,600	$608,200
Median gross rent	$2,250	$1,819
Housing units	1,890	1,268
Homeownership rate	85.4%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	73.6%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceville	Pennington
Population	3,949 → 3,947 (-0.1%)	2,531 → 2,798 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$98,080 → $118,482 (+20.8%)	$132,500 → $171,282 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$316,000 → $413,600 (+30.9%)	$564,000 → $608,200 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,930 → $2,250 (+16.6%)	$1,539 → $1,819 (+18.2%)

Lawrenceville

Population

3,9493,947

Median household income

$98,080$118,482

Median home value

$316,000$413,600

Median gross rent

$1,930$2,250

Pennington

Population

2,5312,798

Median household income

$132,500$171,282

Median home value

$564,000$608,200

Median gross rent

$1,539$1,819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrenceville	Pennington
Under 5	4.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.0%
35 to 44	19.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	15.1%
75 and over	5.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceville	Pennington
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	83.0%
Black or African American	6.3%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.8%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceville	Pennington
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.7%
High school graduate	11.8%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	42.1%	39.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceville	Pennington
Drove alone	58.3%	64.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.9%
Public transit	4.8%	2.8%
Walked	0.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.0%	23.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceville	Pennington
1-unit, detached	39.2%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	46.5%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceville	Pennington
Poverty rate	2.2%	4.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1983	1956