Lawrence County vs Noble County

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

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

Noble County has the higher population (47,417 vs 45,077 in Lawrence County). Noble County has the higher median household income ($70,908 vs $65,551 in Lawrence County). Noble County has the higher median home value ($183,400 vs $164,500 in Lawrence County).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence County	Noble County
Population	45,077	47,417
Median age	43.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,551	$70,908
Median home value	$164,500	$183,400
Median gross rent	$800	$776
Housing units	20,530	20,212
Homeownership rate	80.0%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence County	Noble County
Population	45,548 → 45,077 (-1.0%)	47,506 → 47,417 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$53,610 → $65,551 (+22.3%)	$56,789 → $70,908 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $164,500 (+40.1%)	$125,800 → $183,400 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $800 (+16.6%)	$712 → $776 (+9.0%)

Lawrence County

Population

45,54845,077

Median household income

$53,610$65,551

Median home value

$117,400$164,500

Median gross rent

$686$800

Noble County

Population

47,50647,417

Median household income

$56,789$70,908

Median home value

$125,800$183,400

Median gross rent

$712$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence County	Noble County
Under 5	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.2%
75 and over	8.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence County	Noble County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence County	Noble County
No high school diploma	9.6%	17.4%
High school graduate	38.4%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence County	Noble County
Drove alone	81.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence County	Noble County
1-unit, detached	78.2%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence County	Noble County
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1975	1975