Lawrence, KS (Kansas) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 80,083 (Urban population: 79,445, Rural population: 638 (all nonfarm))

Lawrence, Kansas Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 32,792 (31,435 occupied: 14,412 owner occupied, 17,023 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	54%
State:	31%

Housing density: 1167 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $161,700 (lower quartile is $124,900, upper quartile is $219,500)

Median contract rent in 2005: $581 (lower quartile is $448, upper quartile is $773)

Housing units in Lawrence with a mortgage: 9,602 (1,019 second mortgage, 1,007 home equity loan, 39 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,772

Median year house/condo built: 1987

Median year apartment built: 1979

Household type by relationship

Households: 72,133

In family households: 47,889 (11,579 male householders, 4,365 female householders)
12,451 spouses, 16,640 children (15,108 natural, 553 adopted, 979 stepchildren), 377 grandchildren, 562 brothers or sisters, 177 parents, 530 other relatives, 1,208 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 24,244 (7,674 male householders (4,430 living alone)), 7,817 female householders (5,188 living alone)), 8,753 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 7,950 (390 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,242 2-persons, 3,869 3-persons, 3,131 4-persons, 1,168 5-persons, 369 6-persons, 165 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,618 1-person, 3,906 2-persons, 1,242 3-persons, 597 4-persons, 81 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons.

10,168 married couples with children.
3,806 single-parent households (840 men, 2,966 women).

90.1% of residents of Lawrence speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 4,964 (6.2%)
(27.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.5
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.2

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lawrence, Kansas:

1 room: 16
2 rooms: 46
3 rooms: 380
4 rooms: 966
5 rooms: 2,859
6 rooms: 2,826
7 rooms: 2,365
8 rooms: 2,257
9 or more rooms: 2,697

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lawrence, Kansas:

1 room: 833
2 rooms: 2,122
3 rooms: 3,621
4 rooms: 4,565
5 rooms: 2,927
6 rooms: 1,785
7 rooms: 646
8 rooms: 249
9 or more rooms: 275

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,076
1995 to 1998: 4,280
1990 to 1994: 3,413
1980 to 1989: 5,609
1970 to 1979: 6,598
1960 to 1969: 4,209
1950 to 1959: 2,914
1940 to 1949: 1,017
1939 or earlier: 3,676

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lawrence:

no bedroom: 16
1 bedroom: 345
2 bedrooms: 2,367
3 bedrooms: 7,146
4 bedrooms: 3,684
5 or more bedrooms: 854

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lawrence:

no bedroom: 1,050
1 bedroom: 4,721
2 bedrooms: 6,930
3 bedrooms: 3,268
4 bedrooms: 866
5 or more bedrooms: 188

Cars and other vehicles available in Lawrence in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 252
1 vehicle: 3,781
2 vehicles: 7,188
3 vehicles: 2,489
4 vehicles: 506
5 or more vehicles: 196

Cars and other vehicles available in Lawrence in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 1,636
1 vehicle: 8,165
2 vehicles: 5,159
3 vehicles: 1,449
4 vehicles: 499
5 or more vehicles: 115

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Lawrence, KS:

Less than $10,000: 20
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 6
$20,000 to $24,999: 13
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 50
$35,000 to $39,999: 85
$40,000 to $49,999: 199
$50,000 to $59,999: 267
$60,000 to $69,999: 469
$70,000 to $79,999: 762
$80,000 to $89,999: 1062
$90,000 to $99,999: 1492
$100,000 to $124,999: 2389
$125,000 to $149,999: 1842
$150,000 to $174,999: 1083
$175,000 to $199,999: 720
$200,000 to $249,999: 937
$250,000 to $299,999: 502
$300,000 to $399,999: 266
$400,000 to $499,999: 80
$500,000 to $749,999: 73
$750,000 to $999,999: 28
$1,000,000 or more: 29

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Lawrence:

Less than $100: 244
$100 to $149: 213
$150 to $199: 364
$200 to $249: 717
$250 to $299: 668
$300 to $349: 1051
$350 to $399: 2631
$400 to $449: 1844
$450 to $499: 1962
$500 to $549: 1253
$550 to $599: 1248
$600 to $649: 1074
$650 to $699: 637
$700 to $749: 598
$750 to $799: 620
$800 to $899: 690
$900 to $999: 347
$1,000 to $1,249: 327
$1,250 to $1,499: 57
$1,500 to $1,999: 53
$2,000 or more: 42
No cash rent: 359

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 2,395
1990 to 1994: 727
1985 to 1989: 549
1980 to 1984: 539
1975 to 1979: 276
1970 to 1974: 73
1970 to 1974: 79
1965 to 1969: 326

Lawrence, KS Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 77.9%
Number of people working at home: 1,422 (3.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 2246
5 to 9 minutes: 8884
10 to 14 minutes: 11454
15 to 19 minutes: 7324
20 to 24 minutes: 2563
25 to 29 minutes: 930
30 to 34 minutes: 2604
35 to 39 minutes: 995
40 to 44 minutes: 1377
45 to 59 minutes: 3094
60 to 89 minutes: 767
90 or more minutes: 471

Lawrence mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 33,591 (76%)
Carpooled: 4,556 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 445 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 10 (0%)
Railroad: 6 (0%)
Taxi: 46 (0%)
Motorcycle: 17 (0%)
Bicycle: 557 (1%)
Walked: 3,331 (8%)
Other means: 150 (0%)
Worked at home: 1,422 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 4267
$10,000 to $14,999: 2456
$15,000 to $19,999: 2417
$20,000 to $24,999: 2392
$25,000 to $29,999: 2276
$30,000 to $34,999: 2026
$35,000 to $39,999: 2074
$40,000 to $44,999: 1576
$45,000 to $49,999: 1437
$50,000 to $59,999: 2660
$60,000 to $74,999: 2627
$75,000 to $99,999: 2540
$100,000 to $124,999: 1028
$125,000 to $149,999: 611
$150,000 to $199,999: 533
$200,000 or more: 515

First ancestries reported:

German: 15115
Other groups: 13261
English: 6773
Irish: 6397
United States or American: 4524
Italian: 1753
European: 1475
French (except Basque): 1466
Scottish: 1409
Swedish: 1345
Scotch-Irish: 1302
Polish: 1018
Norwegian: 936
Dutch: 883
Subsaharan African:: 506
Welsh: 487
British: 403
Russian: 389
Czech: 384
Danish: 354
Iranian: 315
Arab:: 311
Greek: 291
Swiss: 264
French Canadian: 230
African: 202
Austrian: 166
Croatian: 140
Nigerian: 130
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 128
Hungarian: 127
Czechoslovakian: 121
Lithuanian: 112
Northern European: 109
Lebanese: 108
Canadian: 107
Belgian: 106
Other Arab: 105
Finnish: 93
Jamaican: 84
Ukrainian: 79
Ethiopian: 74
Yugoslavian: 73
Portuguese: 66
Scandinavian: 61
Eastern European: 52
Arab/Arabic: 48
Pennsylvania German: 47
Luxemburger: 44
German Russian: 39
Ghanian: 34
Armenian: 34
Celtic: 33
Israeli: 33
Egyptian: 32
Australian: 27
South African: 27
West Indian: 27
Romanian: 26
Slovak: 26
Estonian: 24
Other Subsaharan African: 20
Turkish: 19
Icelander: 19
Haitian: 17
Slavic: 15
Cypriot: 14
Bulgarian: 14
Serbian: 13
Basque: 12
Zairian: 11
Iraqi: 10
Latvian: 10
Acadian/Cajun: 9
Syrian: 8
Slovene: 8
Albanian: 8
New Zealander: 8
Ugandan: 8
Brazilian: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
Korea (8%)
Japan (6%)
India (6%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Mexico (4%)
Iran (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 39540
Northeast: 2649
Midwest: 17651
South: 8058
West: 6275

33% of Lawrence residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Kansas.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 60
Nursery to 4th grade: 19
5th and 6th grade: 41
7th and 8th grade: 231
9th grade: 170
10th grade: 178
11th grade: 199
12th grade, no diploma: 441
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,598
Less than 1 year of college: 1,049
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,362
Associate degree: 825
Bachelor's degree: 5,286
Master's degree: 2,292
Professional school degree: 906
Doctorate degree: 1,201

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 69
Nursery to 4th grade: 13
5th and 6th grade: 97
7th and 8th grade: 325
9th grade: 167
10th grade: 239
11th grade: 386
12th grade, no diploma: 295
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,922
Less than 1 year of college: 1,285
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,230
Associate degree: 1,126
Bachelor's degree: 5,672
Master's degree: 3,074
Professional school degree: 423
Doctorate degree: 563

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.2%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 5.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 13.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 9.5%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 2.7%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 2.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 14.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 2.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.3%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $36,004
Black householders: $25,618
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $27,829
Asian householders: $24,075
Some other race householders: $23,576
Two or more races householders: $20,957
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $28,472

Lawrence household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

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Lawrence household income for some other race householders

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Lawrence marital status for males

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Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $119,400
Black or African American householders: $98,600
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $86,000
Asian householders: $127,600
Some other race householders: $129,400
Two or more races householders: $107,600
Hispanic or Latino householders: $116,800

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 15,672
One, attached: 2,609
Two: 1,965
3 or 4: 3,051
5 to 9: 2,428
10 to 19: 2,620
20 to 49: 1,270
50 or more: 1,697
Mobile homes: 1,463
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17

Median worth of mobile homes: $14,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Lawrence:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (93%)
Electricity (7%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (69%)
Electricity (30%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 665

Here:	9.9%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 142

Here:	4.3%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 853

Here:	4.3%
Kansas:	13.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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