Lawrence is a medium-sized city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 49,235 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Lawrence is the 21st largest community in Indiana.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lawrence is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lawrence is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lawrence who work in office and administrative support (14.95%), management occupations (10.31%), and business and financial occupations (9.34%). Also of interest is that Lawrence has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Lawrence telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.46% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Even though Lawrence is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.The education level of Lawrence citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.44% of adults in Lawrence have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Lawrence in 2022 was $36,911, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,644 for a family of four. However, Lawrence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lawrence is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lawrence home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lawrence residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lawrence also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.58% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lawrence include German, Irish, English, African, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Lawrence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
