Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Lawrence has lower unemployment (0.9%) than 95% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Lawrence A+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 4% work in Lawrence; the top destination outside it is Green Bay (22%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lawrence: the gist
Lawrence trades workers with the towns around it
Lawrence has about as many jobs (3,257) as working residents (3,471), but they are mostly different people: 3,349 residents leave for work each day while 3,135 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Lawrence are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Lawrence have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Lawrence went from 1,575 in 2013 to 3,257 in 2023, +107%. The jobs ↓
Lawrence and Green Bay trade workers both ways
Green Bay is the top workplace for Lawrence residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Lawrence come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Lawrence pay over $40,000 a year
78% of the jobs based in Lawrence pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Lawrence makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Lawrence are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lawrence residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Lawrence’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lawrence is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #31 of 362 in Wisconsin. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lawrence’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lawrence could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who leaves Lawrence for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,349 residents head out to work, 122 work right here, and 3,135 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Lawrence makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods
3,257 jobs are based in Lawrence.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrence, 2013 → 2023: 1,575 → 3,257. 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 Lawrence’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Lawrence’s residents
Where Lawrence clocks in
22% of workers
12% 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.
From Lawrence, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lawrence workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,430 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Lawrence goes to work
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 Lawrence, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lawrence is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #316 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,980 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). 2.6% of Lawrence households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lawrence’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lawrence ranks: 128th of 3,167 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 18 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 28 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
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| 44 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | East Granby CT | 5,432 | $121K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| 127 | Weisenberg Township PA | 5,102 | $134K | 2.4% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 128 | Lawrence WI | 6,937 | $108K | 4.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| 129 | Montrose-Ghent OH | 5,903 | $180K | 4.5% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 130 | Hollis NH | 8,819 | $169K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,167 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Lawrence, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
31% of Lawrence works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Ashwaubenon (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lawrence workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence | – | A+ | C− | 20 min | $107,500 |
| De Pere | 12% | A | B+ | 17 min | $84,869 |
| Ashwaubenon | 17% | B | B+ | 16 min | $69,667 |
| Rockland | under 3% | A+ | D− | 21 min | $127,639 |
| Hobart | 2% | A+ | C | 19 min | $103,440 |
| Wrightstown | under 3% | A | D | 27 min | $108,047 |
| Kaukauna | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 18 min | $121,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lawrence’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Lawrence: questions
What is the median household income in Lawrence?
$107,500 (±$19,900) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lawrence?
4.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawrence?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lawrence work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (22%, 11 mi), Ashwaubenon (17%, 6 mi), De Pere (12%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lawrence walkable?
Lawrence is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lawrence without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawrence, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawrence
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.