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For most people who can afford it, yes. Lawrence Township grades B overall, 228th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 97% of the country. The median household earns $130K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $461K, 4.6 years of the Trenton metro’s $101K median household income. 22% of the land in Lawrence Township is conserved, against 11% in New Jersey’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Lawrence Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 96% of U.S. towns. Lawrence Township is home to Rider University.
Where Lawrence Township beats most towns.
Lawrenceville School is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,032 in 1790, a low of 1,032 in 1790, 33,077 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1709 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Lawrence Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lawrence Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw27 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw38 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
Big draw33 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a yearSix Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lawrence Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lawrence Township.
Lawrence Township draws workers from Hamilton Township and beyond, has less tooth loss than most of New Jersey and is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s.
Its widest gap with New Jersey is tooth loss: 5.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.6% statewide.
21% of adults have obesity in Lawrence Township, below both New Jersey’s towns (28%) and U.S. towns (35%). 15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Lawrence Township. Lawrence Township beats the New Jersey average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Lawrence Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lawrence Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.2% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Lawrence Township Public School District. Two of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Intermediate SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–6 | Grades 4–6 | 775 | B− |
| Lawrence High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,225 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
25,039 jobs are based in Lawrence Township, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 18,832 in 2013 to 25,039.
Most working residents leave Lawrence Township for work: only 12% work in town. 28% of Lawrence Township workers work from home. Since 2013, Lawrence Township has added 6,207 jobs, to 25,039 in 2023.
| Lawrence Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 28% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $130,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
27 miles of trail in 17 parks and preserves. Lawrence Township’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, at 355 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Carson Road Woods | 3.7 mi | 180 |
| 2. Mercer Meadows County Park - Pole Farm District | 2.6 mi | 474 |
| 3. Central Park | 1.5 mi | 66 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lawrence Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median rent in Lawrence Township is $2,020 a month. The typical Lawrence Township home is worth about $461,000, up 1.3% in a year, 20% below the New Jersey typical home.
| Lawrence Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,020 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 68% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 161 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lawrence Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 17.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 65% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 564 to 441 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
8 within 15 miles of the center of Lawrence Township
About 12 of every 100 Lawrence Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
8 places in Lawrence Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, US
Lawrence Township is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast, the township is an outer-ring suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, while also directly bordering the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area. The home of the prestigious Lawrenceville School, Rider University, and the site of the Quaker Bridge Mall, the township is a regional commercial and cultural hub of central New Jersey. As of the …
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6 towns share a border with Lawrence Township.
Trenton next door grades lower for schools (D− to Lawrence Township’s B−) and higher for cost of living (B− to D).
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Township | #228 | B | D | B− | B− | A+ |
| Hamilton Township | #346 | C | C− | C | C | A |
| Ewing Township | #397 | C− | C− | C− | C− | B+ |
| West Windsor Township | #77 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Princeton | #151 | A− | D− | A− | B | A+ |
| Hopewell Township | #100 | A | C− | A− | A− | A+ |
| Trenton | #450 | D− | B− | D | D− | D |
West Windsor Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Lawrence Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lawrence Township grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #228 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, B− for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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