Houston vs Lawrence

A side-by-side comparison of Houston and Lawrence: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Houston has the higher population (1,219 vs 1,055 in Lawrence). Houston has the higher median household income ($70,550 vs $69,007 in Lawrence). Lawrence has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $186,100 in Houston).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Lawrence
Population	1,219	1,055
Median age	43.5 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,550	$69,007
Median home value	$186,100	$217,700
Median gross rent	$890	$1,292
Housing units	667	575
Homeownership rate	63.2%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Lawrence
Population	1,352 → 1,219 (-9.8%)	343 → 1,055 (+207.6%)
Median household income	$52,292 → $70,550 (+34.9%)	$44,821 → $69,007 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $186,100 (+32.5%)	$106,800 → $217,700 (+103.8%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $890 (+25.5%)	$861 → $1,292 (+50.1%)

Houston

Population

1,3521,219

Median household income

$52,292$70,550

Median home value

$140,500$186,100

Median gross rent

$709$890

Lawrence

Population

3431,055

Median household income

$44,821$69,007

Median home value

$106,800$217,700

Median gross rent

$861$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Lawrence
Under 5	7.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.3%	3.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	20.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.3%
75 and over	11.0%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Lawrence
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	98.2%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Lawrence
No high school diploma	5.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.3%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Lawrence
Drove alone	74.2%	79.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	20.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Lawrence
1-unit, detached	67.9%	17.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	77.4%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Lawrence
Poverty rate	17.9%	9.9%
Average household size	2.16	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1940	1993