Lawrenceville vs Yardville

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

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

Yardville has the higher population (6,266 vs 3,947 in Lawrenceville). Lawrenceville has the higher median household income ($118,482 vs $100,776 in Yardville). Lawrenceville has the higher median home value ($413,600 vs $326,400 in Yardville).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceville	Yardville
Population	3,947	6,266
Median age	43.4 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$118,482	$100,776
Median home value	$413,600	$326,400
Median gross rent	$2,250	$1,614
Housing units	1,890	2,782
Homeownership rate	85.4%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceville	Yardville
Population	3,949 → 3,947 (-0.1%)	6,801 → 6,266 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$98,080 → $118,482 (+20.8%)	$107,229 → $100,776 (-6.0%)
Median home value	$316,000 → $413,600 (+30.9%)	$251,500 → $326,400 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,930 → $2,250 (+16.6%)	$1,199 → $1,614 (+34.6%)

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

Yardville

Population

6,8016,266

Median household income

$107,229$100,776

Median home value

$251,500$326,400

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrenceville	Yardville
Under 5	4.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	19.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	18.8%
65 to 74	16.1%	14.7%
75 and over	5.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceville	Yardville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	6.3%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceville	Yardville
No high school diploma	1.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	11.8%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	42.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceville	Yardville
Drove alone	58.3%	83.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	1.2%
Public transit	4.8%	1.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.7%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceville	Yardville
1-unit, detached	39.2%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	46.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceville	Yardville
Poverty rate	2.2%	13.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1983	1965