Elkland vs Lawrenceville

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

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

Elkland has the higher population (1,571 vs 671 in Lawrenceville). Lawrenceville has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $61,731 in Elkland). Elkland has the higher median home value ($133,000 vs $125,000 in Lawrenceville).

Population, income & housing

	Elkland	Lawrenceville
Population	1,571	671
Median age	45.1 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,731	$70,500
Median home value	$133,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	$859	$927
Housing units	802	311
Homeownership rate	72.3%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkland	Lawrenceville
Population	1,831 → 1,571 (-14.2%)	548 → 671 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $61,731 (+45.2%)	$45,156 → $70,500 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $133,000 (+64.4%)	$95,500 → $125,000 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $859 (+22.0%)	$734 → $927 (+26.3%)

Elkland

Population

1,8311,571

Median household income

$42,500$61,731

Median home value

$80,900$133,000

Median gross rent

$704$859

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)

	Elkland	Lawrenceville
Under 5	7.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	17.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.3%
75 and over	9.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkland	Lawrenceville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkland	Lawrenceville
No high school diploma	3.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	47.9%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkland	Lawrenceville
Drove alone	82.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	4.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkland	Lawrenceville
1-unit, detached	67.6%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Elkland	Lawrenceville
Poverty rate	13.2%	17.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1950	1978