Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Because it does well by almost any measure. Lawrenceburg Township earns an A+, 27th of 585 graded towns in Indiana. Homes are within reach, about $227K for a typical one, or 2.8 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Its lowest mark, a B, is in health. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 91% of U.S. towns. 29% of working residents work locally in Lawrenceburg Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 8%. On the outdoors, just 86 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Flannery Island, at 22 acres.
Where Lawrenceburg Township beats most towns.
7.6% of the town is conserved land, across 13 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Lawrenceburg Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades 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 2 maps from 1928 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lawrenceburg Township. Close and well known come first.
6 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
Big draw36 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
20 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 Township, 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 Township.
Lawrenceburg Township sends many workers across the state line to Cincinnati and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally.
11 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves.
| Lawrenceburg Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.6% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hidden Valley Sports Complex | 0.9 mi | 21 |
| 2. Lawrenceburg Park | 0.9 mi | 10 |
| 3. Flannery Island | — | 22 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Lawrenceburg Community School Corp. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Lawrenceburg High School, with 716 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceburg Primary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 531 | – |
| Lawrenceburg High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 716 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Lawrenceburg Township 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
43% of working residents cross a state line to work, Cincinnati among the top destinations.
About one in 3 of Lawrenceburg Township’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lawrenceburg (19%), Cincinnati (8%) and Greendale (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.
| Lawrenceburg Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $73,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lawrenceburg Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Within Indiana it is healthier than 83% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Lawrenceburg Township beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of adults feel lonely in Lawrenceburg Township.
| Lawrenceburg Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Lawrenceburg Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.5% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.2% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (23% statewide). 20% of Lawrenceburg Township residents are 65 or older. 23% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Lawrenceburg Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 22% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.1 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Lawrenceburg Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 44% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.5% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
2 within 15 miles of the center of Lawrenceburg Township
About 2 of every 100 Lawrenceburg Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
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.
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10 towns share a border with Lawrenceburg Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceburg Township | #27 | A+ | A | — | B+ | B |
| Center Township | #475 | C | A | — | C+ | C |
| Lawrenceburg | #50 | A | A− | A− | B+ | B− |
| Miller Township | #21 | A+ | A | — | A− | B |
| Greendale | #92 | A | A | — | B+ | B− |
| Hidden Valley | #20 | A+ | A− | — | A− | B+ |
| Aurora | #488 | C | A | — | C+ | D |
Lawrenceburg Township, Center Township, Miller Township, Greendale, Hidden Valley and Aurora report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lawrenceburg Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Lawrenceburg Township grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #27 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health 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.
