Lawrence Park vs Northwest Harborcreek

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

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

Northwest Harborcreek has the higher population (8,908 vs 3,786 in Lawrence Park). Northwest Harborcreek has the higher median household income ($87,601 vs $71,281 in Lawrence Park). Northwest Harborcreek has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $124,500 in Lawrence Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence Park	Northwest Harborcreek
Population	3,786	8,908
Median age	38.9 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,281	$87,601
Median home value	$124,500	$215,200
Median gross rent	$1,169	$875
Housing units	1,641	3,675
Homeownership rate	81.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence Park	Northwest Harborcreek
Population	3,813 → 3,786 (-0.7%)	9,077 → 8,908 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$59,099 → $71,281 (+20.6%)	$54,113 → $87,601 (+61.9%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $124,500 (+18.7%)	$163,300 → $215,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,169 (+30.5%)	$807 → $875 (+8.4%)

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

Northwest Harborcreek

Population

9,0778,908

Median household income

$54,113$87,601

Median home value

$163,300$215,200

Median gross rent

$807$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence Park	Northwest Harborcreek
Under 5	5.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	23.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	6.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	15.4%
75 and over	5.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence Park	Northwest Harborcreek
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	11.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence Park	Northwest Harborcreek
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	30.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence Park	Northwest Harborcreek
Drove alone	84.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence Park	Northwest Harborcreek
1-unit, detached	65.9%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	27.2%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence Park	Northwest Harborcreek
Poverty rate	14.9%	5.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1942	1976