Lawrence County vs Seneca County

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

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

Lawrence County has the higher population (57,385 vs 54,861 in Seneca County). Seneca County has the higher median household income ($65,020 vs $54,842 in Lawrence County). Seneca County has the higher median home value ($136,200 vs $135,600 in Lawrence County).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence County	Seneca County
Population	57,385	54,861
Median age	41.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,842	$65,020
Median home value	$135,600	$136,200
Median gross rent	$830	$814
Housing units	26,538	23,968
Homeownership rate	72.5%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence County	Seneca County
Population	60,184 → 57,385 (-4.7%)	55,351 → 54,861 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$45,118 → $54,842 (+21.6%)	$52,500 → $65,020 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $135,600 (+27.3%)	$106,500 → $136,200 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $830 (+13.2%)	$696 → $814 (+17.0%)

Lawrence County

Population

60,18457,385

Median household income

$45,118$54,842

Median home value

$106,500$135,600

Median gross rent

$733$830

Seneca County

Population

55,35154,861

Median household income

$52,500$65,020

Median home value

$106,500$136,200

Median gross rent

$696$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence County	Seneca County
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.4%
75 and over	7.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence County	Seneca County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	88.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence County	Seneca County
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	42.7%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence County	Seneca County
Drove alone	86.1%	81.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence County	Seneca County
1-unit, detached	73.1%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence County	Seneca County
Poverty rate	17.5%	11.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1974	1958