Housing in Lawrence

A typical Lawrence home is worth roughly $217,000

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Typical home value

$217K

PA $290K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,410

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,723

PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Lawrence?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Prices climbing fast#16 in PA for rising home prices.Rent is cheap#109 in PA for the cheapest rent.Low tax bills#152 of 1,057 in PA for the lowest property tax bills.Your money goes further25% below the Pennsylvania typical home.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,410

Renters already here pay a median of $1,037, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,080

1 bedroom$1,170

2 bedrooms$1,410

3 bedrooms$1,800

4 bedrooms$1,940

10%

of households rent · PA 31%

renter households

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%

26%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,037

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.3 years of income

Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$245,000

Typical Lawrence home $217K

That covers a typical Lawrence home, with $28K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,370

Loan $1,080Tax $230Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,410 a month here, $40 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Peters$461K Cecil$347K

How Lawrence ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Lawrence’s typical property tax (1.25% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

90% of Lawrence households own their home

Half of Lawrence’s homes were built before 1992.

Owners and renters

Own 90%Rent 10%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1992

typical home built · PA 1965

$2,723

median property tax bill · PA $3,311

1.25%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Lawrence vs. its neighbors

Lawrence is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Peters$461K Cecil$347K Lawrence$217K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Lawrence	$217K*	—	$1,410	—	$66,250
Peters	$461K*	+0.4%†	$1,390	32	$145,979
Cecil	$347K*	+4.8%†	$1,390	62	$105,303

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

On the market in Lawrence

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.