City safety & data profile

LawrencevilleGA

Lawrenceville, GA is a 30K-resident city in Gwinnett County with a median household income of $61,561.

Gwinnett County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lawrenceville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lawrenceville has a population larger than 64% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $350,600, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

30K
Population (place)
Top 36%
By size
$61,561
Median income (place)
$350,600
Median home (place)
15.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville posts a median household income higher than 25% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Lawrenceville area.

Bottom 26%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Lawrenceville

Where Lawrenceville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$61,561 Bottom 25% higher than 25% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lawrenceville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in GA

Population among 99 GA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Atlanta is the largest GA city on this list; Milton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in GA

Median household income among the same 99-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Milton posts the highest place-level median income in GA; Atlanta is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lawrenceville, GA beyond the headline numbers

Lawrenceville sits inside Gwinnett County, Georgia, at roughly 33.96°N, -83.99°W. Population 30,493, $61,561 median household income. Median home value $350,600, median rent $1,613. Poverty rate 15.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Lawrenceville, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Lawrenceville, GA stands at 15.4%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Lawrenceville costs around 5.7 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Remote work covers 11.2% of Lawrenceville workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 18.9% in Lawrenceville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Lawrenceville's median age is 32.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lawrenceville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
30,493
Lawrenceville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,561
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$350,600
-15% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Gwinnett County): Lawrenceville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
980K+19%
Median Income
$87,890+45%
Median Home Value
$380,900+122%
Poverty Rate
10.8%-22%
Unemployment
4.2%-60%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lawrenceville, GA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,613/mo
Poverty Rate
15.4% +24% vs avg
Unemployment 5.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 26%
Work From Home 11.2%
Public Transit 0.7%

Population

White 29.1%
African American 28.7%
Asian 7.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.2%
Obesity
37.1%
High Blood Pressure
34.1%
Physical Inactivity
30.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
18.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.3%
Current Smoking
13.3%
Diabetes
13%
Binge Drinking
12.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56.1%
Annual Checkup 76.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Stroke
3.4%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL GWINNETT
LAWRENCEVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Lawrenceville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lawrenceville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet GA-LAWRENCEVILLE · Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lawrenceville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Georgia state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Lawrenceville, GA? ▼
Lawrenceville, GA has a population of 30,493 people, located in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
What is the median household income in Lawrenceville? ▼
The median household income in Lawrenceville, GA is $61,561 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.4%.
What is the median home value in Lawrenceville? ▼
The median home value in Lawrenceville, GA is $350,600. Median rent is $1,613/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lawrenceville? ▼
The top health indicators in Lawrenceville include Short Sleep Duration (38.2%), Obesity (37.1%), High Blood Pressure (34.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Lawrenceville? ▼
Lawrenceville has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Lawrenceville? ▼
The median age in Lawrenceville, GA is 32.9 years. 26% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lawrenceville, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside GA (15.4% here).

Washington, DC 15.4% Kenner, LA 15.4% Lodi, NJ 15.4% Forest Grove, OR 15.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside GA ($61,561 here).

Decatur, AL $61,563 McAllen, TX $61,579 Borger, TX $61,583 Oneida, NY $61,597

Compare Lawrenceville with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Snellville, GA 20K Suwanee, GA 19K Loganville, GA 11K Sugar Hill, GA 22K Duluth, GA 29K Buford, GA 14K Lilburn, GA 13K Mountain Park, GA 12K
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Using Lawrenceville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lawrenceville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Gwinnett County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.