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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With a population of 11,825, 4,866 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $198,038, house prices in Lawrenceburg are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Lawrenceburg, accounting for 70.48% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Lawrenceburg include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 13.02%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.50%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.73%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Lawrenceburg are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 50.98% owning and 49.02% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Lawrenceburg built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Lawrenceburg built between 1940-1969 ( 37.58%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 7.87%). There's also some housing in Lawrenceburg built before 1939 ( 3.77%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Lawrenceburg. Fully 12.13% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Lawrenceburg homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Lawrenceburg real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
In the last 10 years, Lawrenceburg has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Lawrenceburg real estate appreciated 124.55% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.43%, putting Lawrenceburg in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Lawrenceburg definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Over the last year, Lawrenceburg appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Lawrenceburg's appreciation rate has been 4.28%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Lawrenceburg were at 2.75%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 11.45%.
Relative to Tennessee, our data show that Lawrenceburg's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Tennessee.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Lawrenceburg differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Lawrenceburg - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Lawrenceburg real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$198,038
for Tennessee
for nation
4,866
$1,283 / per month