McBrayer-Clark House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLawrenceburg has lower unemployment (1.8%) than 87% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 28 minutes each way, where Kentucky has 24 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Lawrenceburg B; getting around on foot earns it C. About one in seven work in Lawrenceburg itself; outside it, Lexington draws the most (19%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lawrenceburg: the gist
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Lawrenceburg
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lawrenceburg is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #44 of 142 in Kentucky. Unemployment holds Lawrenceburg’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($66,486, 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−.
How far Lawrenceburg’s workers travel
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.
Who leaves Lawrenceburg for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,375 residents head out to work, 694 work right here, and 2,925 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Lawrenceburg on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Lawrenceburg: the destinations
Where Lawrenceburg clocks in
15% of workers
3% 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
3,619 jobs are based in Lawrenceburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrenceburg, 2014 → 2024: 3,079 → 3,619. 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.
The trip to work from Lawrenceburg: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lawrenceburg workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,144 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
Most of Lawrenceburg commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lawrenceburg is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #117 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,610 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). 3.3% of Lawrenceburg households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lawrenceburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Lawrenceburg ranks 1,205th of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Francisville KY | 10,565 | $159K | 1.7% | 1.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Oakbrook KY | 10,211 | $95K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 745 | Alexandria KY | 10,994 | $102K | 7.7% | 3.2% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,203 | Lopatcong Township NJ | 9,537 | $91K | 10.0% | 5.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,204 | Middletown RI | 16,502 | $102K | 8.5% | 6.0% | 24% | B |
| 1,205 | Lawrenceburg KY | 12,329 | $66K | 12.0% | 1.8% | 14% | B |
| 1,206 | Moody AL | 13,559 | $87K | 7.7% | 5.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,207 | Clayton NJ | 9,041 | $90K | 8.0% | 7.2% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Kentucky.
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?
$66,486 (±$9,768) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lawrenceburg?
12.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawrenceburg?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lawrenceburg work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lexington (19%, 24 mi), Frankfort (15%, 11 mi), Versailles (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lawrenceburg walkable?
Lawrenceburg is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lawrenceburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.