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Lawrenceville, GA
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Living in Lawrenceville



Lawrenceville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 30,588 people and 59 associated neighborhoods, Lawrenceville is the 38th largest community in Georgia.

Lawrenceville real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Lawrenceville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Lawrenceville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.49% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Lawrenceville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.64 minutes every day commuting to work.

In terms of college education, Lawrenceville is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.25% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lawrenceville in 2022 was $26,860, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,440 for a family of four. However, Lawrenceville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lawrenceville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lawrenceville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lawrenceville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Lawrenceville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.42% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lawrenceville include English, Irish, German, Nigerian, and Other Subsaharan African.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Lawrenceville's cultural character, accounting for 31.97% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Lawrenceville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.