Knoxville vs Lawrenceville

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

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

Knoxville has the higher population (923 vs 671 in Lawrenceville). Lawrenceville has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $52,500 in Knoxville). Lawrenceville has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $87,500 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Knoxville	Lawrenceville
Population	923	671
Median age	38.1 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$70,500
Median home value	$87,500	$125,000
Median gross rent	$1,012	$927
Housing units	303	311
Homeownership rate	62.8%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knoxville	Lawrenceville
Population	783 → 923 (+17.9%)	548 → 671 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$46,944 → $52,500 (+11.8%)	$45,156 → $70,500 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$87,400 → $87,500 (+0.1%)	$95,500 → $125,000 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $1,012 (+44.8%)	$734 → $927 (+26.3%)

Knoxville

Population

783923

Median household income

$46,944$52,500

Median home value

$87,400$87,500

Median gross rent

$699$1,012

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)

	Knoxville	Lawrenceville
Under 5	5.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	15.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	6.5%	17.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	17.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.3%
75 and over	6.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knoxville	Lawrenceville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knoxville	Lawrenceville
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	49.6%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knoxville	Lawrenceville
Drove alone	80.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.2%
Public transit	4.3%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knoxville	Lawrenceville
1-unit, detached	62.0%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Knoxville	Lawrenceville
Poverty rate	14.4%	17.3%
Average household size	3.18	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1938	1978