Photo: Ed Brumley · CC BY-SA 3.0Lawrenceville’s household incomes are lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Lawrenceville itself; outside it, Vincennes draws the most (12%, 10 miles). 17.4% of residents live below the poverty line (Illinois 11.8%). The two grades for Lawrenceville are D− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lawrenceville in brief
A lot of Lawrenceville workers cross into Indiana
28% of Lawrenceville workers work outside Illinois, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Vincennes (12%), Vincennes Township (3%) and Washington (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Lawrenceville are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Lawrenceville: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lawrenceville is better than 5% of U.S. towns, #766 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Lawrenceville’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($41,005, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lawrenceville could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Where people from Lawrenceville work
Where Lawrenceville clocks in
12% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Lawrenceville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lawrenceville workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,161 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Lawrenceville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,464 residents head out to work, 270 work right here, and 931 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Lawrenceville on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 1,201 jobs in Lawrenceville are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrenceville, 2013 → 2023: 1,340 → 1,201. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lawrenceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Lawrenceville, by distance
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Lawrenceville, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lawrenceville is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #127 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Lawrenceville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,350 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.3% of Lawrenceville households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Lawrenceville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lawrenceville and other U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,970 | Newport VT | 4,274 | $55K | 23.0% | 9.1% | 37% | D− |
| 3,971 | Sandersville GA | 5,397 | $50K | 18.5% | 15.4% | 33% | D− |
| 3,972 | Lawrenceville IL | 4,356 | $41K | 17.4% | 9.1% | 16% | D− |
| 3,973 | Park Rapids MN | 4,447 | $45K | 21.2% | 8.0% | 43% | D− |
| 3,974 | Cheboygan MI | 4,804 | $42K | 14.9% | 9.2% | 24% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,136 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lawrenceville, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lawrenceville: questions
What is the median household income in Lawrenceville?
$41,005 (±$5,792) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lawrenceville?
17.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawrenceville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lawrenceville work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vincennes (12%, 10 mi), Allison Township (6%, 6 mi), Robinson (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lawrenceville walkable?
Lawrenceville is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lawrenceville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawrenceville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawrenceville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.