City safety & data profile

LawrenceburgTN

Lawrenceburg, TN is a 11K-resident city in Lawrence County with a median household income of $42,343.

Lawrence County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lawrenceburg, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lawrenceburg has a population larger than 3% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $184,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 4%
By size
$42,343
Median income (place)
$184,600
Median home (place)
21.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lawrenceburg

Lawrenceburg posts a median household income higher than 3% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Lawrenceburg area.

Bottom 4%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Lawrenceburg

Where Lawrenceburg income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$42,343 Bottom 3% higher than 3% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lawrenceburg $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lawrenceburg, TN beyond the headline numbers

Lawrenceburg sits inside Lawrence County, Tennessee, at roughly 35.24°N, -87.33°W. Population 10,569, $42,343 median household income. Median home value $184,600, median rent $775. Poverty rate 21.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Lawrenceburg, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

21.5% of Lawrenceburg, TN residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Lawrenceburg runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 12.4% of Lawrenceburg workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 21.8% in Lawrenceburg, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Lawrenceburg workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lawrenceburg from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,569
Lawrenceburg · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$42,343
-53% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$184,600
-55% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lawrence County): Lawrenceburg's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
45K+8%
Median Income
$54,706+46%
Median Home Value
$194,400+99%
Poverty Rate
15%-17%
Unemployment
4.9%-55%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lawrenceburg, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$775/mo
Poverty Rate
21.5% +73% vs avg
Unemployment 7.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.2%
Work From Home 12.4%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 86.6%
African American 4.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
43.2%
Obesity
42.1%
Short Sleep Duration
40.6%
Physical Inactivity
32.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.8%
Current Smoking
21.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
18.5%
Diabetes
15.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.1%
Binge Drinking
13.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 50.7%
Annual Checkup 77.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.1%
Stroke
4.8%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM LAWRENCE
LAWRENCEBURG · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Lawrenceburg?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lawrenceburg right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TN-LAWRENCEBURG-TN · Lawrenceburg

Lawrenceburg: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lawrenceburg; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Lawrenceburg, TN? ▼
Lawrenceburg, TN has a population of 10,569 people, located in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Lawrenceburg? ▼
The median household income in Lawrenceburg, TN is $42,343 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 21.5%.
What is the median home value in Lawrenceburg? ▼
The median home value in Lawrenceburg, TN is $184,600. Median rent is $775/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lawrenceburg? ▼
The top health indicators in Lawrenceburg include High Blood Pressure (43.2%), Obesity (42.1%), Short Sleep Duration (40.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Lawrenceburg? ▼
Lawrenceburg has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Lawrenceburg? ▼
The median age in Lawrenceburg, TN is 41.3 years. 15.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lawrenceburg, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (21.5% here).

Montgomery, AL 21.5% Boulder, CO 21.5% Lincoln Park, MI 21.5% Winchester, VA 21.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($42,343 here).

Harvey, IL $42,429 Columbus, MS $42,235 New Castle, PA $42,219 Melvindale, MI $42,185

Compare Lawrenceburg with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Columbia, TN 37K East Florence, AL 36K Florence, AL 40K Athens, AL 25K Lewisburg, TN 11K Muscle Shoals, AL 14K Spring Hill, TN 36K Decatur, AL 55K
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Using Lawrenceburg's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lawrenceburg area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Lawrenceburg against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Lawrence County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.