Lawrence, Michigan

Lawrence population, 2020 to 2024

Lawrence lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

Lawrence covers 1.78 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 568 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Lawrence is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lawrence is in

All of Lawrence's residents live in Van Buren County, which had 76,129 residents in 2024. Lawrence holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lawrence

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lawrence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49064. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lawrence is

The Census internal point of Lawrence is at 42.215000, -86.057500. Lansing, the capital, is 84.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hartford, MI (2,465 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 38.8 miles away.

Daylight in Lawrence

At 42.22° N, Lawrence gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 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 Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Hartford, 5.6 miles away, with 2,465 people.