Lawrenceville vs Westfield

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

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

Westfield has the higher population (1,241 vs 671 in Lawrenceville). Lawrenceville has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $46,875 in Westfield). Lawrenceville has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $86,000 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceville	Westfield
Population	671	1,241
Median age	32.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$46,875
Median home value	$125,000	$86,000
Median gross rent	$927	$610
Housing units	311	495
Homeownership rate	59.7%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceville	Westfield
Population	548 → 671 (+22.4%)	1,333 → 1,241 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$45,156 → $70,500 (+56.1%)	$34,600 → $46,875 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $125,000 (+30.9%)	$85,700 → $86,000 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $927 (+26.3%)	$510 → $610 (+19.6%)

Lawrenceville

Population

548671

Median household income

$45,156$70,500

Median home value

$95,500$125,000

Median gross rent

$734$927

Westfield

Population

1,3331,241

Median household income

$34,600$46,875

Median home value

$85,700$86,000

Median gross rent

$510$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrenceville	Westfield
Under 5	8.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	23.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.5%
75 and over	4.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceville	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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	1.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceville	Westfield
No high school diploma	8.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	45.2%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceville	Westfield
Drove alone	80.7%	90.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceville	Westfield
1-unit, detached	51.8%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceville	Westfield
Poverty rate	17.3%	23.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1978	1938