Lawrence County vs Mason County

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

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

Mason County has the higher population (16,995 vs 16,171 in Lawrence County). Mason County has the higher median household income ($51,473 vs $45,584 in Lawrence County). Mason County has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $108,100 in Lawrence County).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence County	Mason County
Population	16,171	16,995
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,584	$51,473
Median home value	$108,100	$157,500
Median gross rent	$729	$724
Housing units	7,575	8,186
Homeownership rate	76.3%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence County	Mason County
Population	15,671 → 16,171 (+3.2%)	17,112 → 16,995 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$32,798 → $45,584 (+39.0%)	$45,377 → $51,473 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $108,100 (+36.1%)	$132,800 → $157,500 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $729 (+28.3%)	$661 → $724 (+9.5%)

Lawrence County

Population

15,67116,171

Median household income

$32,798$45,584

Median home value

$79,400$108,100

Median gross rent

$568$729

Mason County

Population

17,11216,995

Median household income

$45,377$51,473

Median home value

$132,800$157,500

Median gross rent

$661$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence County	Mason County
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.5%
75 and over	6.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence County	Mason County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence County	Mason County
No high school diploma	20.2%	14.8%
High school graduate	40.7%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence County	Mason County
Drove alone	86.0%	86.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence County	Mason County
1-unit, detached	61.7%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	32.4%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence County	Mason County
Poverty rate	22.0%	18.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1987	1976