Lake City vs Lawrence Park

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

Lake City 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 2,901 in Lake City). Lake City has the higher median household income ($74,909 vs $71,281 in Lawrence Park). Lake City has the higher median home value ($154,400 vs $124,500 in Lawrence Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Lawrence Park
Population	2,901	3,786
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,909	$71,281
Median home value	$154,400	$124,500
Median gross rent	$789	$1,169
Housing units	1,209	1,641
Homeownership rate	87.8%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Lawrence Park
Population	2,899 → 2,901 (+0.1%)	3,813 → 3,786 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$53,257 → $74,909 (+40.7%)	$59,099 → $71,281 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $154,400 (+28.5%)	$104,900 → $124,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $789 (-4.1%)	$896 → $1,169 (+30.5%)

Lake City

Population

2,8992,901

Median household income

$53,257$74,909

Median home value

$120,200$154,400

Median gross rent

$823$789

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)

	Lake City	Lawrence Park
Under 5	5.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	16.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.9%
75 and over	6.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Lawrence Park
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Lawrence Park
No high school diploma	8.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	45.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Lawrence Park
Drove alone	82.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Lawrence Park
1-unit, detached	75.5%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Lawrence Park
Poverty rate	10.9%	14.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1973	1942