Lawrence vs Old Bethpage

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

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

Lawrence has the higher population (6,771 vs 6,179 in Old Bethpage). Old Bethpage has the higher median household income ($186,776 vs $174,787 in Lawrence). Lawrence has the higher median home value ($1,231,800 vs $866,000 in Old Bethpage).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence	Old Bethpage
Population	6,771	6,179
Median age	34.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$174,787	$186,776
Median home value	$1,231,800	$866,000
Median gross rent	$2,188	—
Housing units	2,183	2,413
Homeownership rate	82.0%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.6%	68.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence	Old Bethpage
Population	6,544 → 6,771 (+3.5%)	5,283 → 6,179 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$123,000 → $174,787 (+42.1%)	$117,857 → $186,776 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$926,600 → $1,231,800 (+32.9%)	$582,200 → $866,000 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,779 → $2,188 (+23.0%)	—

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

Old Bethpage

Population

5,2836,179

Median household income

$117,857$186,776

Median home value

$582,200$866,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence	Old Bethpage
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	16.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	5.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	19.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.7%
75 and over	8.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence	Old Bethpage
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence	Old Bethpage
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	9.3%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	43.3%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.2%	33.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence	Old Bethpage
Drove alone	60.8%	62.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	2.3%
Public transit	14.3%	15.1%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	19.5%
Other means	2.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence	Old Bethpage
1-unit, detached	68.7%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	16.7%
20 or more units	17.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence	Old Bethpage
Poverty rate	1.5%	3.0%
Average household size	3.38	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	43	30
Median year structure built	1965	1964