Laboratory vs Lawrence

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

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

Lawrence has the higher population (1,055 vs 993 in Laboratory). Laboratory has the higher median household income ($94,145 vs $69,007 in Lawrence). Lawrence has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $214,600 in Laboratory).

Population, income & housing

	Laboratory	Lawrence
Population	993	1,055
Median age	37.2 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,145	$69,007
Median home value	$214,600	$217,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,292
Housing units	319	575
Homeownership rate	75.5%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laboratory	Lawrence
Population	—	343 → 1,055 (+207.6%)
Median household income	—	$44,821 → $69,007 (+54.0%)
Median home value	—	$106,800 → $217,700 (+103.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$861 → $1,292 (+50.1%)

Laboratory

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)

	Laboratory	Lawrence
Under 5	13.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	3.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	20.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.3%
75 and over	6.7%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laboratory	Lawrence
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	98.2%
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	4.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laboratory	Lawrence
No high school diploma	10.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.6%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laboratory	Lawrence
Drove alone	89.2%	79.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laboratory	Lawrence
1-unit, detached	80.6%	17.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	77.4%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laboratory	Lawrence
Poverty rate	15.3%	9.9%
Average household size	3.11	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1953	1993