Escambia County vs Lawrence County

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

Escambia 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.

Escambia County has the higher population (36,695 vs 33,182 in Lawrence County). Lawrence County has the higher median household income ($60,040 vs $44,447 in Escambia County). Lawrence County has the higher median home value ($150,700 vs $122,700 in Escambia County).

Population, income & housing

	Escambia County	Lawrence County
Population	36,695	33,182
Median age	40.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,447	$60,040
Median home value	$122,700	$150,700
Median gross rent	$709	$708
Housing units	16,759	15,317
Homeownership rate	68.7%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escambia County	Lawrence County
Population	37,057 → 36,695 (-1.0%)	33,058 → 33,182 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$36,275 → $44,447 (+22.5%)	$44,886 → $60,040 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$99,400 → $122,700 (+23.4%)	$110,500 → $150,700 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $709 (+15.1%)	$551 → $708 (+28.5%)

Escambia County

Population

37,05736,695

Median household income

$36,275$44,447

Median home value

$99,400$122,700

Median gross rent

$616$709

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)

	Escambia County	Lawrence County
Under 5	5.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.0%
75 and over	7.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escambia County	Lawrence County
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	75.5%
Black or African American	30.5%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	4.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escambia County	Lawrence County
No high school diploma	17.5%	15.4%
High school graduate	43.2%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escambia County	Lawrence County
Drove alone	89.0%	88.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escambia County	Lawrence County
1-unit, detached	67.5%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	27.9%

Poverty & households

	Escambia County	Lawrence County
Poverty rate	21.2%	13.7%
Average household size	2.67	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1984	1990