Lawrenceburg vs St. Joseph

A side-by-side comparison of Lawrenceburg and St. Joseph: population, income, housing, and more.

Lawrenceburg and St. Joseph are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lawrenceburg has the higher population (11,732 vs 788 in St. Joseph). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($46,786 vs $41,458 in Lawrenceburg). Lawrenceburg has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $121,900 in St. Joseph).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrenceburg	St. Joseph
Population	11,732	788
Median age	37.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,458	$46,786
Median home value	$158,100	$121,900
Median gross rent	$768	$627
Housing units	5,610	376
Homeownership rate	56.2%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrenceburg	St. Joseph
Population	10,877 → 11,732 (+7.9%)	943 → 788 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$34,086 → $41,458 (+21.6%)	$36,685 → $46,786 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $158,100 (+55.8%)	$74,200 → $121,900 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $768 (+25.3%)	$558 → $627 (+12.4%)

Lawrenceburg

Population

10,87711,732

Median household income

$34,086$41,458

Median home value

$101,500$158,100

Median gross rent

$613$768

St. Joseph

Population

943788

Median household income

$36,685$46,786

Median home value

$74,200$121,900

Median gross rent

$558$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrenceburg	St. Joseph
Under 5	7.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.2%
75 and over	8.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrenceburg	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	92.9%
Black or African American	4.7%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrenceburg	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	12.3%	20.7%
High school graduate	39.3%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrenceburg	St. Joseph
Drove alone	84.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.3%
Other means	0.4%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrenceburg	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	68.9%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Lawrenceburg	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	23.3%	13.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1974	1968