Lawtey, Florida.
Typical home $236,010 (+2.9% in a year). Jacksonville, FL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$713 (+136%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,646 +3%
- $229,364$236,010 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $47,343 +25%
- $188,667$236,010 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Lawtey$1,239
- Florida$1,970
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Lawtey, FL rose 2.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lawtey, Bradford County, Florida
Lawtey is a city of 636 people in Bradford County. Unemployment in Bradford County was 5.5% in August 2026, and the county had 53.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Bradford County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Lawtey is a very small city in Bradford County, home to far fewer people than most towns on a map. Residents here are somewhat older than the typical American, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Homes are priced a little below what many buyers elsewhere in the country expect to pay.
Work. Residents of Lawtey work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, shops and the building trades. Across Bradford County, some of the largest workplaces are Bradford Schools, Walmart and Riverwood Nursing SNF. Unemployment across the county has risen a little over the past year, though the county added many more jobs over the latest year than it had the year before.
Things to do. Kingsley Lake is a lake only a short drive away, and it is the closest place on the list for time on the water. Farther off, Osceola National Forest is a protected area for walking and quiet outdoor time, and the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in the other direction offers a museum visit and gardens, both a longer drive away. Winters are mild, with cool days and chilly nights, and summers are hot, with rain spread through the year.
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- 9%of adults have a degree
What people in Bradford County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bradford County had 9,673 jobs in 2025, 53.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 68° and lows near 45°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 74°. About 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Starke weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bradford County
- Bradford SchoolsSchool district447FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters308
- Riverwood Nursing SNFNursing homes118
- DMT TruckingFlatbed trucking, long-distance116
- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.Supermarket85
- 85 Winn-dixie StoresSupermarket70
- Darling ingredients inc - HamptonRendering plants63
- Tatum Brothers Lumber CompanyBoards, wood, made from logs or bolts59
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 984 people in all across the county; Lawtey has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lawtey’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Bradford County and the Jacksonville, FL metro.
Lawtey home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lawtey$236,010
- Florida$375,361
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lawtey8
Zip codes with a Lawtey address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lawtey — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.