East Hills vs Lawrence

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

East Hills and Lawrence are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Hills has the higher population (7,249 vs 6,771 in Lawrence). East Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $174,787 in Lawrence). East Hills has the higher median home value ($1,371,600 vs $1,231,800 in Lawrence).

Population, income & housing

	East Hills	Lawrence
Population	7,249	6,771
Median age	41.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$174,787
Median home value	$1,371,600	$1,231,800
Median gross rent	—	$2,188
Housing units	2,310	2,183
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.0%	73.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Hills	Lawrence
Population	7,147 → 7,249 (+1.4%)	6,544 → 6,771 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$224,583 → $250,001 (+11.3%)	$123,000 → $174,787 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$1,055,300 → $1,371,600 (+30.0%)	$926,600 → $1,231,800 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,779 → $2,188 (+23.0%)

East Hills

Population

7,1477,249

Median household income

$224,583$250,001

Median home value

$1,055,300$1,371,600

Lawrence

Population

6,5446,771

Median household income

$123,000$174,787

Median home value

$926,600$1,231,800

Median gross rent

$1,779$2,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Hills	Lawrence
Under 5	4.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.0%	23.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	16.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	5.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.7%
75 and over	4.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Hills	Lawrence
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Hills	Lawrence
No high school diploma	2.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	4.0%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	43.3%
Graduate or professional degree	46.0%	30.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Hills	Lawrence
Drove alone	47.4%	60.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.2%
Public transit	21.4%	14.3%
Walked	1.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	10.4%
Other means	1.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Hills	Lawrence
1-unit, detached	99.5%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Hills	Lawrence
Poverty rate	3.0%	1.5%
Average household size	3.21	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	47	43
Median year structure built	1956	1965