Girard vs Lawrence Park

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

Girard 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 2,979 in Girard). Girard has the higher median household income ($72,481 vs $71,281 in Lawrence Park). Girard has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $124,500 in Lawrence Park).

Population, income & housing

	Girard	Lawrence Park
Population	2,979	3,786
Median age	48.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,481	$71,281
Median home value	$168,100	$124,500
Median gross rent	$640	$1,169
Housing units	1,572	1,641
Homeownership rate	61.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girard	Lawrence Park
Population	2,975 → 2,979 (+0.1%)	3,813 → 3,786 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$49,875 → $72,481 (+45.3%)	$59,099 → $71,281 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $168,100 (+29.5%)	$104,900 → $124,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $640 (+9.0%)	$896 → $1,169 (+30.5%)

Girard

Population

2,9752,979

Median household income

$49,875$72,481

Median home value

$129,800$168,100

Median gross rent

$587$640

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)

	Girard	Lawrence Park
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	23.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	27.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.9%
75 and over	6.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girard	Lawrence Park
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girard	Lawrence Park
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	39.1%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girard	Lawrence Park
Drove alone	86.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girard	Lawrence Park
1-unit, detached	61.3%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Girard	Lawrence Park
Poverty rate	5.7%	14.9%
Average household size	1.95	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1954	1942