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Population
96,367
US Census estimate, July 2025
Median home value
$292,700
Owner-occupied units
Lawrence, KS
Kansas · 38.960° N, 95.265° W · 35 sq mi
Lawrence is a city in Kansas, with a population of 96,367 and about 2,788 residents per square mile. The median household earns $65,009 a year, and the median home is worth $292,700.
Conditions
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Local time
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Size & density
Land area
35 sq mi
Water excluded
Population density
2,788
People per square mile
Rank by population
#378
Of cities on this site
Rank by area
#402
Of cities on this site
Money & housing
Median household income
$65,009
US median ≈ $78,538
Median gross rent
$1,091
Per month
Homeownership
43.6%
US ≈ 65%
Average commute
19.8 min
One way
People
Median age
29.3
US median 39.1
Bachelor's degree +
55.8%
Age 25 and over
Foreign born
7.3%
Households
41,129
2.15 people each
What people here do for work
Education & health care 30.9%
Arts, food & hospitality 12.4%
Professional & business services 12.3%
Retail trade 10.8%
Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024
Wealthiest person in Kansas
Name
Charles Koch & family
Forbes, Apr 2025
Net worth
$67.5B
As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live
Lives in
Wichita
Source of wealth
Koch, Inc.
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
Largest employer in Kansas · private sector
Employer
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Sector
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No verified figure for this state. There is no free, authoritative source for largest private employer.
Largest public company in Kansas
Company
Seaboard Corporation
Revenue
$9.1B
Fiscal year 2024
Headquarters
Merriam
Ticker
SEB
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
State of Kansas
State bird
Western Meadowlark
State flower
Wild Native Sunflower
State capital
Topeka
Nickname
The Sunflower State
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Cities near Lawrence
- Topeka, KS24 mi · 125,795
- Olathe, KS25 mi · 150,025
- Shawnee, KS25 mi · 69,848
- Lenexa, KS25 mi · 60,506
- Kansas City, KS30 mi · 157,805
- Overland Park, KS31 mi · 203,677
- Kansas City, MO40 mi · 521,220
- Lee's Summit, MO47 mi · 107,514
Cities about the same size
- Bellingham, WA96,395
- Greenville, NC96,443
- North Port, FL96,551
- O'Fallon, MO96,101
- Manteca, CA96,693
- Portsmouth, VA96,777
- Reading, PA95,832
- Chino, CA96,957