Lawrence vs Speers

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

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

Speers has the higher population (1,061 vs 1,055 in Lawrence). Lawrence has the higher median household income ($69,007 vs $67,292 in Speers). Lawrence has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $153,600 in Speers).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence	Speers
Population	1,055	1,061
Median age	47.9 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,007	$67,292
Median home value	$217,700	$153,600
Median gross rent	$1,292	$983
Housing units	575	579
Homeownership rate	89.6%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence	Speers
Population	343 → 1,055 (+207.6%)	1,067 → 1,061 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$44,821 → $69,007 (+54.0%)	$70,060 → $67,292 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $217,700 (+103.8%)	$113,200 → $153,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,292 (+50.1%)	$797 → $983 (+23.3%)

Lawrence

Population

3431,055

Median household income

$44,821$69,007

Median home value

$106,800$217,700

Median gross rent

$861$1,292

Speers

Population

1,0671,061

Median household income

$70,060$67,292

Median home value

$113,200$153,600

Median gross rent

$797$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence	Speers
Under 5	4.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	3.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	20.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	18.4%
75 and over	18.2%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence	Speers
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
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	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence	Speers
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	23.5%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence	Speers
Drove alone	79.5%	86.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence	Speers
1-unit, detached	17.4%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	77.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence	Speers
Poverty rate	9.9%	11.4%
Average household size	1.83	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1993	1952