Dallas County vs Lawrence County

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

Dallas County and Lawrence County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dallas County has the higher population (37,536 vs 33,182 in Lawrence County). Lawrence County has the higher median household income ($60,040 vs $36,810 in Dallas County). Lawrence County has the higher median home value ($150,700 vs $97,400 in Dallas County).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas County	Lawrence County
Population	37,536	33,182
Median age	40.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,810	$60,040
Median home value	$97,400	$150,700
Median gross rent	$749	$708
Housing units	18,949	15,317
Homeownership rate	61.0%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas County	Lawrence County
Population	39,149 → 37,536 (-4.1%)	33,058 → 33,182 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$33,845 → $36,810 (+8.8%)	$44,886 → $60,040 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $97,400 (+16.9%)	$110,500 → $150,700 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $749 (+16.5%)	$551 → $708 (+28.5%)

Dallas County

Population

39,14937,536

Median household income

$33,845$36,810

Median home value

$83,300$97,400

Median gross rent

$643$749

Lawrence County

Population

33,05833,182

Median household income

$44,886$60,040

Median home value

$110,500$150,700

Median gross rent

$551$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas County	Lawrence County
Under 5	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.0%
75 and over	7.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas County	Lawrence County
White (non-Hispanic)	26.8%	75.5%
Black or African American	70.3%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	4.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas County	Lawrence County
No high school diploma	12.9%	15.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas County	Lawrence County
Drove alone	84.6%	88.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas County	Lawrence County
1-unit, detached	60.4%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	27.9%

Poverty & households

	Dallas County	Lawrence County
Poverty rate	29.0%	13.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1975	1990