Blossburg vs Lawrenceville

A side-by-side comparison of Blossburg and Lawrenceville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blossburg has the higher population (1,763 vs 671 in Lawrenceville). Lawrenceville has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $66,962 in Blossburg). Blossburg has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $125,000 in Lawrenceville).

Population, income & housing

	Blossburg	Lawrenceville
Population	1,763	671
Median age	39.3 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,962	$70,500
Median home value	$148,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	$972	$927
Housing units	767	311
Homeownership rate	68.6%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blossburg	Lawrenceville
Population	2,114 → 1,763 (-16.6%)	548 → 671 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $66,962 (+16.0%)	$45,156 → $70,500 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $148,000 (+25.2%)	$95,500 → $125,000 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $972 (+50.5%)	$734 → $927 (+26.3%)

Blossburg

Population

2,1141,763

Median household income

$57,750$66,962

Median home value

$118,200$148,000

Median gross rent

$646$972

Lawrenceville

Population

548671

Median household income

$45,156$70,500

Median home value

$95,500$125,000

Median gross rent

$734$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blossburg	Lawrenceville
Under 5	3.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	4.5%	7.3%
75 and over	7.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blossburg	Lawrenceville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	95.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blossburg	Lawrenceville
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blossburg	Lawrenceville
Drove alone	87.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blossburg	Lawrenceville
1-unit, detached	72.2%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Blossburg	Lawrenceville
Poverty rate	11.5%	17.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1938	1978