Crawford County vs Lawrence County

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

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

Lawrence County has the higher population (85,423 vs 83,189 in Crawford County). Lawrence County has the higher median household income ($60,779 vs $60,254 in Crawford County). Crawford County has the higher median home value ($143,400 vs $136,700 in Lawrence County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Lawrence County
Population	83,189	85,423
Median age	43.9 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,254	$60,779
Median home value	$143,400	$136,700
Median gross rent	$800	$778
Housing units	42,188	39,597
Homeownership rate	73.7%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Lawrence County
Population	85,665 → 83,189 (-2.9%)	86,727 → 85,423 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$50,304 → $60,254 (+19.8%)	$50,204 → $60,779 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $143,400 (+26.7%)	$111,300 → $136,700 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $800 (+20.5%)	$696 → $778 (+11.8%)

Crawford County

Population

85,66583,189

Median household income

$50,304$60,254

Median home value

$113,200$143,400

Median gross rent

$664$800

Lawrence County

Population

86,72785,423

Median household income

$50,204$60,779

Median home value

$111,300$136,700

Median gross rent

$696$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Lawrence County
Under 5	5.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.3%
75 and over	9.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Lawrence County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Lawrence County
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	46.8%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Lawrence County
Drove alone	75.6%	77.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	5.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.0%	11.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Lawrence County
1-unit, detached	73.1%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.3%
20 or more units	2.1%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Lawrence County
Poverty rate	12.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1966	1957