Lawrence County vs Warren County

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

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

Lawrence County has the higher population (38,392 vs 36,467 in Warren County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($77,989 vs $55,849 in Lawrence County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($241,200 vs $159,800 in Lawrence County).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence County	Warren County
Population	38,392	36,467
Median age	39.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,849	$77,989
Median home value	$159,800	$241,200
Median gross rent	$785	$913
Housing units	16,280	15,834
Homeownership rate	72.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence County	Warren County
Population	38,204 → 38,392 (+0.5%)	34,453 → 36,467 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$44,742 → $55,849 (+24.8%)	$60,125 → $77,989 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $159,800 (+45.8%)	$180,000 → $241,200 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $785 (+15.3%)	$812 → $913 (+12.4%)

Lawrence County

Population

38,20438,392

Median household income

$44,742$55,849

Median home value

$109,600$159,800

Median gross rent

$681$785

Warren County

Population

34,45336,467

Median household income

$60,125$77,989

Median home value

$180,000$241,200

Median gross rent

$812$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence County	Warren County
Under 5	6.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.7%
75 and over	7.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence County	Warren County
No high school diploma	14.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	39.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence County	Warren County
Drove alone	74.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	7.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	77.8%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence County	Warren County
Poverty rate	16.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1979	1996