Vance-Tousey House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Lawrenceburg has 2.4 jobs per working resident, and 5,148 people come in to work
Measured by household income, Lawrenceburg is behind 86% of U.S. towns. Lawrenceburg has 5,604 jobs, and 2,333 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Lawrenceburg is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lawrenceburg stands out on work
Lawrenceburg is where the jobs are
Lawrenceburg has 5,604 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 8,500 people are in town, 62% more than the 5,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Lawrenceburg’s 20-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 24 to 32 minutes. Next door ↓
Lawrenceburg draws workers from far and wide
The 5,604 jobs in Lawrenceburg are filled from a wide area. Lawrenceburg’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 28%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
No single place dominates Lawrenceburg’s commute
The biggest draw, Cincinnati, OH, gets only 8% of working residents, and 52% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Lawrenceburg residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Lawrenceburg’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment holds Lawrenceburg’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($51,250, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lawrenceburg could be anywhere from C to A−.
In and out of Lawrenceburg on a workday
On a workday 1,877 residents head out to work and 456 work right here.
About 8,500 people are in Lawrenceburg on a workday afternoon, 62% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Lawrenceburg
Where Lawrenceburg clocks in
8% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Lawrenceburg’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrenceburg, 2014 → 2024: 6,177 → 5,604. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lawrenceburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Lawrenceburg spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lawrenceburg workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,168 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Lawrenceburg to work
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Lawrenceburg
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,263 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.0% of Lawrenceburg households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lawrenceburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100, Lawrenceburg ranks 1,866th of 3,582 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| 93 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,864 | Bristol VT | 3,759 | $75K | 10.1% | 1.5% | 17% | B− |
| 1,865 | Meadow Oaks FL | 3,705 | $62K | 7.9% | 3.6% | <1% | B− |
| 1,866 | Lawrenceburg IN | 5,243 | $51K | 13.5% | 1.6% | 20% | B− |
| 1,867 | Wingate NC | 4,628 | $63K | 17.0% | 5.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,868 | Waldoboro ME | 5,324 | $69K | 9.6% | 0.7% | 14% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lawrenceburg, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work next door: 10% of Lawrenceburg’s workers
The biggest share goes to Greendale (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lawrenceburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceburg | – | B− | A− | 20 min | $51,250 |
| Greendale | 7% | A− | C | 26 min | $74,980 |
| Lawrenceburg Township | 1% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $72,665 |
| Aurora | 2% | C+ | C | 29 min | $47,470 |
| Center Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 27 min | $59,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lawrenceburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lawrenceburg: questions
What is the median household income in Lawrenceburg?
$51,250 (±$20,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lawrenceburg?
13.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawrenceburg?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lawrenceburg work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (8%, 20 mi), Greendale (7%, 4 mi), Indianapolis (4%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lawrenceburg walkable?
Lawrenceburg is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lawrenceburg without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawrenceburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawrenceburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.