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Guide updated September 2026

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Lawrenceburg, TN

“Davy Crockett's hometown — south-central Tennessee with deep roots and farm country next door”

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About 82 miles — roughly 1 hour 30 minutes to downtown Nashville
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Lawrenceburg is the Lawrence County seat in south-central Tennessee, built around an old-fashioned downtown square with a statue of frontiersman David Crockett. David Crockett State Park and the roadside farm stands around nearby Ethridge are the local landmarks, and manufacturing anchors the economy. It tends to fit buyers who want land and a rural pace.

Complete Guide to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

Lawrenceburg is the seat of Lawrence County in south-central Tennessee, a community of roughly 11,000 anchored by an old-fashioned downtown square that still features a statue of frontiersman David (Davy) Crockett, who began his political career here. The local economy leans heavily on manufacturing — Lawrence County's labor shed supports close to 11,000 manufacturing jobs — alongside healthcare anchored by Southern Tennessee Regional Health System and a Vanderbilt Heart clinic, plus the four-year University of Tennessee Southern in town. Housing runs from older in-town homes to newer subdivisions; we pull current comparable sales with their source and date. Out-of-state movers should know this is not a Nashville commuter town: downtown Nashville is about 82 miles and roughly 1.5 hours away by car. Public schools are run by the unified Lawrence County Schools system. Defining local draws include the 1,300-acre David Crockett State Park and the farm country around nearby Ethridge, where roadside stands sell produce, furniture, and baked goods. It is a rural, slower-paced setting best suited to buyers who want land and small-town life rather than quick big-city access.

Homes for sale in Lawrenceburg right now

Showing the 6 most recently listed

88 homes for sale in Lawrenceburg right now

Active listings as of 2026-09-23 · Source: Realtracs via MLS GRID

Median asking price (not a sale price)
$309,000
as of 2026-09-06 · n=106 listings
Median days on market (incl. 0-day presales)
38.5 days
the three months ending 2026-07-31 · n=64 closings · Includes new-construction presales the MLS records at 0 days.
Months of supply (trailing-12 pace)
6.1 months
as of 2026-09-06 · n=212 closings

Source: Realtracs via MLS GRID · retrieved 2026-09-06

130 Lafayette Ave1 / 6

$280,000

130 Lafayette Ave

Lawrenceburg, TN, 38464

3 bd 3 ba 1,672 sq ftBuilt 1952

Single Family Residence · Finished basement · Single level

“Charming Renovated Home in the Heart of Lawrenceburg – Move-In Ready with Modern Updates…”

16 days on market

Listed by Capstone R.E. Services dba BrickDriven Realty · MLS# 3544201

Active · (256) 766-0000

617 Fall River Rd↓ $20,0001 / 6

$250,000

617 Fall River Rd

Lawrenceburg, TN, 38464

3 bd 2 ba 1,309 sq ftBuilt 1958

Single Family Residence · Single level · Main-level primary

“Looking for a home where the major updates are already done!!!This beautifully renovated…”

17 days on market

Listed by Century 21 Coffee County Realty & Auction · MLS# 3242922

Active · (931) 455-3000

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Questions people ask about Lawrenceburg

Is Lawrenceburg, TN a good place to live?

Lawrenceburg is Davy Crockett's hometown, and the town leans into it — the historic square carries the David Crockett statue and the antique shops around it, and David Crockett State Park covers more than 1,300 acres of hiking, biking, cabins and camping on the land where he lived and worked.

It is the Lawrence County seat in south-central Tennessee, with the University of Tennessee Southern, a four-year university, in town, a regional health system hospital plus a Vanderbilt Heart clinic, and a manufacturing base supporting roughly eleven thousand jobs in the county labor shed.

What should I know before moving to Lawrenceburg, TN?

This is the farthest town in this guide from Nashville — about 82 miles south, in south-central Tennessee rather than the Nashville metro proper. Come here because you want this place, not because you plan to commute.

Once that is settled, the town holds up on its own: a university, a hospital, a manufacturing base that Magna's Ford-linked plant is adding to, and a downtown square with real activity on it. Housing includes rural acreage tracts as well as in-town neighborhoods like Crockett Mills and Deerfield, and the price spread between them is wide.

What is the commute from Lawrenceburg to Nashville really like?

About 82 miles, roughly an hour and a half to downtown Nashville. That is not a commute, and nobody should plan a five-day-a-week schedule around it.

What it is instead is a manageable occasional trip. Columbia is much closer, Huntsville in Alabama is reachable, and the local employment base is what most residents actually drive to. If Nashville needs to be in your daily orbit, this is the wrong end of the state to be looking.

How do I check schools and crime data for Lawrenceburg, TN?

We don't rate schools and we don't characterize any area as safe or otherwise — those are your calls to make, from the official record, and an agent who makes them for you is doing you a disservice. What we will do is hand you the primary sources and get out of the way.

Zoning is set by address, not by subdivision name, so the district's own school-locator tool is the only answer that holds for the specific house you're looking at. Our sources page links the Tennessee Department of Education report card, the district lookups, and the official crime-data portals, with no commentary from us on any of them.

What's changing in Lawrenceburg

Updated June 2026

Magna's Ford-Linked Plant Anchors a Manufacturing Surge in Lawrenceburg

The marquee project reshaping Lawrence County is Magna International's new 400,000-sq-ft stamping and assembly plant in Lawrenceburg — part of a $790 million, three-facility Tennessee investment tied to Ford's BlueOval City truck program. The Lawrenceburg plant has helped trigger a broader wave of industrial and corporate relocations into this small south-central Middle Tennessee county.

MARQUEE PROJECT — Magna International (Magna Structures Lawrenceburg). Announced July 2023 by Gov. Bill Lee and TNECD as the first supplier committed to Ford's BlueOval City supplier ecosystem. Magna is investing more than $790 million across three Tennessee facilities (the other two are at the BlueOval City supplier park in Stanton, in West Tennessee). The LAWRENCEBURG portion is a newly constructed 400,000-square-foot stamping and assembly plant at Team Lawrence Commerce Park – West (a Select Tennessee Certified Site), employing roughly 250 people and built to produce truck frames for Ford. Production was originally scheduled to begin in 2025. Note that Ford has since changed direction on its broader West Tennessee truck program (reported February 2026), shifting key BlueOval City production timelines, so the exact production status of the Lawrenceburg frame plant should be treated as evolving rather than settled.

WHY IT MATTERS — Lawrenceburg sits outside Ford's main BlueOval City supplier park (which is in Stanton, West TN), so the Magna plant is notable as the one major Ford-supply facility landing in this south-central Middle TN county. It has anchored follow-on industrial recruitment regardless of Ford's shifting vehicle timeline.

SECONDARY PROJECT — Lumber Liquidators (LL Flooring) HQ relocation. Announced March 31, 2026: a $32.4 million project relocating the company's corporate headquarters and warehousing/distribution operations from the Richmond, Virginia region to Lawrenceburg, creating 76 jobs. It aligns with sister brand Cabinets To Go (both under parent F9 Brands, which moved Cabinets To Go's HQ/distribution to Lawrenceburg in 2016). As of mid-2026 the company reports HQ functions are largely moved, with the distribution center slated to open around June 2026. This is the largest corporate-HQ relocation in the recent batch.

OTHER ACTIVE PROJECTS (smaller) — Craig Manufacturing (Canada-based) established its first U.S. operations in Team Lawrence Commerce Park and announced a May 2025 expansion: roughly +$4.4M, +30 jobs, +24,000 sq ft, reaching about 110 employees. Novus Advanced Manufacturing (steel panels for hospitality/retail) is investing about $1.9M to renovate space in the Tennessee Enterprise Center, creating 47 jobs. A data center has been reported in the planning process. Local reporting has also cited a Crockett Homes residential development investment in the community.

PIPELINE — Local economic-development officials have reported the county supporting several existing-industry expansions and actively working recruitment projects representing thousands of potential jobs, reflecting rising interest in Lawrence County and Southern Middle Tennessee.

The figures above are the companies' and the state's announced numbers (TNECD / tn.gov, trade and local-news reporting). Ford's West Tennessee truck program timeline shifted in 2026, so the Magna plant's production status and its forward-looking jobs and investment figures are announced targets, not guaranteed outcomes.

Marquee project
Magna International stamping & assembly plant
Magna total investment (3 TN sites)
$790 million+
Lawrenceburg plant size
400,000 sq ft
Lawrenceburg plant jobs
~250
Built to produce
Truck frames for Ford BlueOval City program
Location
Team Lawrence Commerce Park – West
Announced / Status
July 2023; Ford program timeline shifted in 2026
Next-largest project
Lumber Liquidators HQ relocation — $32.4M, 76 jobs (announced Mar 2026)
Other
Craig Mfg +$4.4M/30 jobs; Novus $1.9M/47 jobs; data center (planning); Crockett Homes housing

What's New to Eat, Drink & Shop in Lawrenceburg

Updated September 2026

Lawrenceburg's 2024-2026 openings cluster along the North Locust Avenue (US-43) corridor near Kroger and around downtown's Public Square, adding diners, coffee, a retail butcher shop, and clothing retail. Entries below were checked against Main Street Media's Lawrence County Advocate, the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, and the businesses' own listings; items that actually refer to Lawrenceburg, Indiana or Kentucky were excluded, and no new breweries, taprooms, or wineries surfaced in the verifiable record.

Waffle HouseOpen

24-hour diner chain serving breakfast plates, hash browns, and short-order fare at 1725 N Locust Ave on the US-43 corridor near Kroger. The newly built location received its certificate of occupancy in early January 2026 and started on limited hours before expanding.

Restaurant · opened January 2026

Co-Work CoffeeOpen

Specialty coffee roaster and cafe that opened at a new location at 130 N Locust Ave near the Public Square, with a Chamber ribbon cutting and grand opening on February 24, 2026. The menu covers espresso drinks, teas, smoothies, and light breakfast and lunch items, alongside its own small-batch roasted beans.

Coffee · new location opened February 2026

Piney Branch Meats & MercantileOpen

Retail butcher shop and mercantile at 100 JR Story Way from Piney Branch Livestock, a family cow/calf operation selling beef born, raised, and finished on their Lawrence County farm and processed in Tennessee. The Lawrence County Chamber held a ribbon cutting on January 30, 2026.

Grocery / Food hall · opened January 2026

The Daydream DinerOpen

Locally owned diner at 2132 N Locust Ave serving breakfast plates, burgers, sandwiches, and other diner fare from 7 a.m. into the evening. Customer reviews for the location date back to August 2025.

Restaurant · opened 2025

Jack's Family RestaurantOpen

Alabama-based quick-service Southern chain at 2119 N Locust Ave serving scratch biscuits, hand-breaded chicken fingers, burgers, and hand-dipped shakes, with early-morning drive-thru hours. The location appeared as a new Lawrence County Chamber member on the December-January roster.

Restaurant · opened 2025

7 Brew CoffeeOpen

Drive-thru coffee stand at 1960 N Locust Ave on Highway 43 North. The menu spans coffee, infused energy drinks, Italian sodas, smoothies, teas, and shakes, with early-morning opening hours.

Coffee · opened August 2024

The OutlookOpen

Clothing store that moved onto the Lawrenceburg Public Square on November 14, 2024, taking over the building that housed Moore's clothing store for 90 years. The store is owned by Jeff Harwell.

Retail · opened on the square November 2024

Happy G'sOpen

Indoor sports and training facility at 210 East Gaines Street, converted from a former tire shop by owner Georgia Land. It offers batting cages with pitching machines, two air-conditioned TrackMan golf simulator bays, and strength training through Sweeton Strength.

Fitness / Wellness · opened 2024

AldiComing soon

Discount grocery chain preparing a store at 2000 N Locust Ave. The chain filed planning documents and bid out construction in late 2025, city permits were reported issued in January 2026, and it applied for an off-premises beer permit that the Lawrenceburg Beer Board took up on June 5, 2026.

Grocery / Food hall · expected 2026

StarbucksComing soon

Coffee chain planned for the Highway 43 / North Locust corridor next to the Waffle House. The project has received planning commission approval and state transportation permits, but construction had not begun as of late 2025 and the Chamber described the timeline as not yet certain.

Coffee · timeline TBD

Why People Love Lawrenceburg

Historic downtown square with the David Crockett statue and antique shops
David Crockett State Park — 1,300+ acres with hiking, biking, cabins, and camping
Ethridge roadside stands and wagon tours nearby
University of Tennessee Southern, a four-year university in town
Strong local manufacturing base (~11,000 jobs in the county labor shed)
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System hospital plus a Vanderbilt Heart clinic
A small-town housing market with a historic downtown square
Homes for sale in Lawrenceburg88 active listings from the MLS, updated through the day

Neighborhoods & areas in Lawrenceburg

Downtown Lawrenceburg / Town Square areaCrockett MillsDeerfieldWeakley Creek Road corridorEthridgeRural Lawrence County acreage tracts

Lawrenceburg Quick Facts

CountyLawrence County
Price RangeCurrent comps with their source, on request
Drive to NashvilleAbout 82 miles — roughly 1 hour 30 minutes to downtown Nashville

Figures reviewed July 2026. We pull current, address-level comparables before any offer.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Lawrenceburg, TN?

We do not publish a single median for Lawrenceburg; ask us for live comparables. Call 615-265-1000 and we'll pull current closed comparable sales, with their source and date, for the specific neighborhood and price point you're considering.

How far is Lawrenceburg from Nashville?

Lawrenceburg is approximately About 82 miles — roughly 1 hour 30 minutes to downtown Nashville from downtown Nashville, depending on traffic and your specific route.

What's it like living in Lawrenceburg, TN?

A small Lawrence County seat in south-central Middle Tennessee, known for its historic Crockett-statue town square, David Crockett State Park, and the roadside stands and wagon tours around nearby Ethridge. About 1.5 hours from Nashville. It's commonly a fit for Buyers seeking land and a rural setting, Manufacturing and healthcare workers employed locally, Buyers wanting a quiet small-town pace, Buyers drawn to history, state parks, and rural recreation, Remote workers who don't need quick Nashville access.

What are the popular neighborhoods or areas in Lawrenceburg, TN?

Areas commonly searched in Lawrenceburg include Downtown Lawrenceburg / Town Square area, Crockett Mills, Deerfield, Weakley Creek Road corridor, Ethridge, Rural Lawrence County acreage tracts. We can pull recent comparable sales and tell you what's currently driving demand in each, so you can decide what fits.

Who handles real estate in Lawrenceburg, TN?

The Will Johnson Team (eXp Realty) works Lawrenceburg regularly — a 5.0-rated team on Google and Zillow, RealTrends Verified 2026, licensed in Tennessee since 2013, and quoted as an expert source by CBS MoneyWatch and Bottom Line Personal. Call 615-265-1000 to talk through buying or selling in Lawrenceburg — the first conversation carries no commitment.

Is Lawrenceburg, TN a good place to live?

Lawrenceburg is Davy Crockett's hometown, and the town leans into it — the historic square carries the David Crockett statue and the antique shops around it, and David Crockett State Park covers more than 1,300 acres of hiking, biking, cabins and camping on the land where he lived and worked. It is the Lawrence County seat in south-central Tennessee, with the University of Tennessee Southern, a four-year university, in town, a regional health system hospital plus a Vanderbilt Heart clinic, and a manufacturing base supporting roughly eleven thousand jobs in the county labor shed.

What should I know before moving to Lawrenceburg, TN?

This is the farthest town in this guide from Nashville — about 82 miles south, in south-central Tennessee rather than the Nashville metro proper. Come here because you want this place, not because you plan to commute. Once that is settled, the town holds up on its own: a university, a hospital, a manufacturing base that Magna's Ford-linked plant is adding to, and a downtown square with real activity on it. Housing includes rural acreage tracts as well as in-town neighborhoods like Crockett Mills and Deerfield, and the price spread between them is wide.

What is the commute from Lawrenceburg to Nashville really like?

About 82 miles, roughly an hour and a half to downtown Nashville. That is not a commute, and nobody should plan a five-day-a-week schedule around it. What it is instead is a manageable occasional trip. Columbia is much closer, Huntsville in Alabama is reachable, and the local employment base is what most residents actually drive to. If Nashville needs to be in your daily orbit, this is the wrong end of the state to be looking.

How do I check schools and crime data for Lawrenceburg, TN?

We don't rate schools and we don't characterize any area as safe or otherwise — those are your calls to make, from the official record, and an agent who makes them for you is doing you a disservice. What we will do is hand you the primary sources and get out of the way. Zoning is set by address, not by subdivision name, so the district's own school-locator tool is the only answer that holds for the specific house you're looking at. Our sources page links the Tennessee Department of Education report card, the district lookups, and the official crime-data portals, with no commentary from us on any of them.

Will Johnson, The Will Johnson Team at eXp Realty

About the authors

By Will Johnson & The Will Johnson Team

Will Johnson leads The Will Johnson Team at eXp Realty, serving buyers and sellers across Middle Tennessee — Lawrenceburg, Nashville, Hendersonville, Gallatin, Sumner County, Brentwood, Franklin, Mount Juliet, Murfreesboro and the surrounding communities. A U.S. Army veteran who served 14 years and rose to the rank of Major, and a former ICU nurse and nurse anesthetist (CRNA) who graduated with a 4.0 from MTSA, he has been licensed in Tennessee since 2013 (license #330494); in the last 12 months (as of 2026) the team has closed $27.7 million in volume across 64 transactions. The team holds a 5.0 rating on Google and Zillow, is RealTrends Verified 2026, has been featured as an expert source by CBS MoneyWatch and Bottom Line Personal, and can be reached at 615-265-1000.

Equal Housing Opportunity · Licensed in Tennessee and regulated by the Tennessee Real Estate Commission (TN #330494) · The Will Johnson Team is affiliated with eXp Realty · This page is general information, not legal, tax, or financial advice.