Catawba vs Lawrenceville

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

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

Lawrenceville has the higher population (332 vs 280 in Catawba). Catawba has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $38,929 in Lawrenceville). Since 2019, Catawba's population has grown faster (+15.7% vs -31.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Catawba	Lawrenceville
Population	280	332
Median age	53.6 yrs	25.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$38,929
Median home value	$139,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,077
Housing units	127	158
Homeownership rate	91.8%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawba	Lawrenceville
Population	242 → 280 (+15.7%)	481 → 332 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $55,000 (+13.8%)	$33,480 → $38,929 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$117,300 → $139,300 (+18.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$864 → $1,000 (+15.7%)	$850 → $1,077 (+26.7%)

Catawba

Population

242280

Median household income

$48,333$55,000

Median home value

$117,300$139,300

Median gross rent

$864$1,000

Lawrenceville

Population

481332

Median household income

$33,480$38,929

Median gross rent

$850$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catawba	Lawrenceville
Under 5	6.1%	9.9%
5 to 17	7.9%	6.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	27.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	3.9%	6.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	19.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.3%
75 and over	25.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawba	Lawrenceville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	91.9%
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	1.4%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawba	Lawrenceville
No high school diploma	14.1%	18.9%
High school graduate	45.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawba	Lawrenceville
Drove alone	80.0%	94.0%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	0.0%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawba	Lawrenceville
1-unit, detached	89.8%	26.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	32.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Catawba	Lawrenceville
Poverty rate	10.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1958	1974