Erie vs Lawrence Park

A side-by-side comparison of Erie and Lawrence Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Erie and Lawrence Park are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Erie has the higher population (94,156 vs 3,786 in Lawrence Park). Lawrence Park has the higher median household income ($71,281 vs $43,397 in Erie). Lawrence Park has the higher median home value ($124,500 vs $108,200 in Erie).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Lawrence Park
Population	94,156	3,786
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,397	$71,281
Median home value	$108,200	$124,500
Median gross rent	$836	$1,169
Housing units	43,377	1,641
Homeownership rate	53.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Lawrence Park
Population	97,263 → 94,156 (-3.2%)	3,813 → 3,786 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$37,894 → $43,397 (+14.5%)	$59,099 → $71,281 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $108,200 (+21.4%)	$104,900 → $124,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $836 (+17.7%)	$896 → $1,169 (+30.5%)

Erie

Population

97,26394,156

Median household income

$37,894$43,397

Median home value

$89,100$108,200

Median gross rent

$710$836

Lawrence Park

Population

3,8133,786

Median household income

$59,099$71,281

Median home value

$104,900$124,500

Median gross rent

$896$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	Lawrence Park
Under 5	5.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	23.5%
18 to 24	12.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.9%
75 and over	6.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Lawrence Park
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	85.1%
Black or African American	15.4%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Lawrence Park
No high school diploma	11.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Lawrence Park
Drove alone	70.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	8.6%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Lawrence Park
1-unit, detached	58.9%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Lawrence Park
Poverty rate	24.6%	14.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1950	1942