Lawrence Park vs Union City

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

Lawrence Park and Union City 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 2,911 in Union City). Lawrence Park has the higher median household income ($71,281 vs $42,754 in Union City). Lawrence Park has the higher median home value ($124,500 vs $101,000 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence Park	Union City
Population	3,786	2,911
Median age	38.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,281	$42,754
Median home value	$124,500	$101,000
Median gross rent	$1,169	$733
Housing units	1,641	1,505
Homeownership rate	81.3%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence Park	Union City
Population	3,813 → 3,786 (-0.7%)	3,189 → 2,911 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$59,099 → $71,281 (+20.6%)	$48,026 → $42,754 (-11.0%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $124,500 (+18.7%)	$84,200 → $101,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,169 (+30.5%)	$585 → $733 (+25.3%)

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

Union City

Population

3,1892,911

Median household income

$48,026$42,754

Median home value

$84,200$101,000

Median gross rent

$585$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence Park	Union City
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	23.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.3%
75 and over	5.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence Park	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	90.7%
Black or African American	11.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence Park	Union City
No high school diploma	2.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	30.1%	66.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence Park	Union City
Drove alone	84.1%	63.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.3%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence Park	Union City
1-unit, detached	65.9%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	27.2%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence Park	Union City
Poverty rate	14.9%	21.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1942	1938