Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lawrence population, 2020 to 2024

Lawrence added 454 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +583. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Lawrence is 2.0 times that size.

Lawrence covers 6.93 square miles of land and 0.50 of water, for 12,891 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Lawrence is denser than the typical town.

What county Lawrence is in

All of Lawrence's residents live in Essex County, which had 823,938 residents in 2024. Lawrence holds 10.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lawrence

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lawrence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01840, 01841, 01843. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lawrence is

The Census internal point of Lawrence is at 42.700300, -71.161400. Boston, the capital, is 24.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lowell, MA (120,418 people), 9.1 miles away.

Daylight in Lawrence

At 42.70° N, Lawrence gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lawrence

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Methuen, 3.1 miles away, with 54,272 people.