Fairview vs Lawrence Park

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

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

Lawrence Park has the higher population (3,786 vs 3,014 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($84,191 vs $71,281 in Lawrence Park). Fairview has the higher median home value ($209,500 vs $124,500 in Lawrence Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Lawrence Park
Population	3,014	3,786
Median age	38.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,191	$71,281
Median home value	$209,500	$124,500
Median gross rent	$1,159	$1,169
Housing units	1,140	1,641
Homeownership rate	85.6%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Lawrence Park
Population	3,099 → 3,014 (-2.7%)	3,813 → 3,786 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$82,368 → $84,191 (+2.2%)	$59,099 → $71,281 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $209,500 (+22.0%)	$104,900 → $124,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,159 (+41.7%)	$896 → $1,169 (+30.5%)

Fairview

Population

3,0993,014

Median household income

$82,368$84,191

Median home value

$171,700$209,500

Median gross rent

$818$1,159

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)

	Fairview	Lawrence Park
Under 5	4.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.6%	23.5%
18 to 24	2.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	23.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	3.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	10.9%
75 and over	10.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Lawrence Park
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Lawrence Park
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Lawrence Park
Drove alone	76.2%	84.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Lawrence Park
1-unit, detached	85.4%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Lawrence Park
Poverty rate	7.6%	14.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1969	1942