North Lawrence is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,153 people and just one neighborhood, North Lawrence is the 567th largest community in New York.
Unlike some towns, North Lawrence isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in North Lawrence are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, North Lawrence is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in North Lawrence who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (11.01%), office and administrative support (8.93%), and sales jobs (7.34%).
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, North Lawrence has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes North Lawrence a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
North Lawrence is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in North Lawrence who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.59% of the adults in North Lawrence have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in North Lawrence in 2022 was $28,972, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,888 for a family of four. However, North Lawrence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call North Lawrence home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Lawrence residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in North Lawrence include French, Irish, French Canadian, English, and German.
The most common language spoken in North Lawrence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and West Germanic languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 30 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.8% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.2% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 14.3% have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in North Lawrence are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 32.8% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.7%), and 16.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in North Lawrence, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (14.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.9%), and residents who report French Canadian roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.9%), along with some German ancestry residents (6.8%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.