Lawrence County vs Pike County

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

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

Lawrence County has the higher population (15,137 vs 14,625 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($58,029 vs $53,438 in Lawrence County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($100,100 vs $95,500 in Lawrence County).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence County	Pike County
Population	15,137	14,625
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,438	$58,029
Median home value	$95,500	$100,100
Median gross rent	$810	$659
Housing units	6,358	7,296
Homeownership rate	75.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence County	Pike County
Population	16,033 → 15,137 (-5.6%)	15,672 → 14,625 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$46,636 → $53,438 (+14.6%)	$47,492 → $58,029 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $95,500 (+21.8%)	$85,400 → $100,100 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $810 (+29.0%)	$568 → $659 (+16.0%)

Lawrence County

Population

16,03315,137

Median household income

$46,636$53,438

Median home value

$78,400$95,500

Median gross rent

$628$810

Pike County

Population

15,67214,625

Median household income

$47,492$58,029

Median home value

$85,400$100,100

Median gross rent

$568$659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence County	Pike County
Under 5	4.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.1%
75 and over	7.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	95.0%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence County	Pike County
No high school diploma	14.9%	8.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence County	Pike County
Drove alone	81.0%	81.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	73.4%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence County	Pike County
Poverty rate	14.7%	15.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1963	1960