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Because it does well by almost any measure. Lawrenceburg earns an A, 50th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. It reports less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, homes are within reach, about $246K for a typical one, or 3 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income, and 23% of its land is conserved. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in health. 23% of the land in Lawrenceburg is conserved, above both Indiana’s towns (1.9%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). On walkability, just 42 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns do better. Lawrenceburg has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Vance-Tousey House and Dearborn County Courthouse.
Where Lawrenceburg beats most towns.
Its founding year, 1802, comes before those of 97% of the Indiana towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 2,651 in 1850, 5,129 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 4 maps from 1928 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Lawrenceburg is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lawrenceburg. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
Big draw36 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
19 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
19 mi Stadium & arenaNippert StadiumCreation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lawrenceburg, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lawrenceburg.
Lawrenceburg draws workers from Greendale and beyond, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and is one of Indiana’s best towns for the outdoors.
Its A for the outdoors ranks #17 of 593 in Indiana.
4.1 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Lawrenceburg’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile, above both the Indiana town median (0.2) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lawrenceburg Park | 0.9 mi | 10 |
| 2. Arch Street Park | 0.2 mi | 1 |
| 3. Newtown Park | 0.2 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
5,282 jobs are based in Lawrenceburg, 2.3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 38% of working residents cross a state line to work, Cincinnati among the top destinations.
About one in 5 of Lawrenceburg’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Lawrenceburg fell to 5,282 in 2023, 1,388 fewer than in 2013. Lawrenceburg’s average trip to work is 20 minutes.
| Lawrenceburg | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 21% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $51,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Lawrenceburg is 1.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Lawrenceburg | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.7 per 1,000 residents | 8.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Lawrenceburg has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lawrenceburg.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
People 65 and older are 23% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 19% of residents (23% statewide). Lawrenceburg has grown 2.2% since 2020, to 5,243 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 22% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Lawrenceburg | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 22% | 29% |
| Median age | 41 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Lawrenceburg | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.8% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.6% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.4% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 50.4% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Against the 6,213 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lawrenceburg’s, it is healthier than 83%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income. Within Indiana it is healthier than 66% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Lawrenceburg beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 38% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Lawrenceburg.
| Lawrenceburg | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Lawrenceburg | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.5% | 15.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 56.5% | 61.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
58% of Lawrenceburg households own their home. The typical Lawrenceburg home is worth about $247,000, up 3.1% in a year, close to the Indiana typical home.
| Lawrenceburg | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $767 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Lawrenceburg
About 2 of every 100 Lawrenceburg residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
22.7% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
5 places in Lawrenceburg on the National Register of Historic Places.
20 notable people were born in Lawrenceburg.
City in Indiana, United States
Lawrenceburg is a city and the county seat of Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,129 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city in Dearborn County. Lawrenceburg is in southeast Indiana, southeast of Indianapolis and on the Ohio River west of Cincinnati.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
5 towns share a border with Lawrenceburg.
At #50 in IN, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Greendale (A) comes closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceburg | #50 | A | A− | A− | B+ | B− |
| Greendale | #92 | A | A | — | B+ | B− |
| Lawrenceburg Township | #27 | A+ | A | — | B+ | B |
| Aurora | #488 | C | A | — | C+ | D |
| Center Township | #475 | C | A | — | C+ | C |
Greendale, Lawrenceburg Township, Aurora and Center Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lawrenceburg with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Lawrenceburg grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #50 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health, A− for safety and B+ for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
20 notable people were born here, including James Buchanan Eads and Justin Schoenefeld.
