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Lexington, NE

10,693 Population
5.1 square miles 2,106.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 36.8 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$23,611 ±$2,425 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: $37,687 † ±$6,149
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$62,364 ±$5,759 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: $66,023 ±$3,066
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

16.5% ±5.7% (1,751  ±600) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 12% † 3,068 (±2.4% / ±618)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

15.2 minutes ±2.5 (78,500  ±13,690) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 18.3 233,255 (±1.7 / ±22,334)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

3,430 ±181 Number of households
  • the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 9,759 ±201
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
3.1 ±0.2 (10,557  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 2.6 25,636 (±0.1 / ±157)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

6.5% ±4.1% (154  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 5.8% † 307 (±2.2% / ±119)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

3,561 ±208 Number of housing units
  • the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 11,114 ±81
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$155,200 ±$16,169 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: $161,100 ±$7,839
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

5.6% ±2.5% (584  ±262.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 7.7% † 1,969 (±1.6% / ±415.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

61.2% ±6.4% (3,815  ±418.9) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 79.4% 13,375 (±3.7% / ±640.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
14% ±3.3% (871  ±207.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 18.5% † 3,120 (±1.9% / ±313.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

41.4% ±5.2% (4,426  ±554) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 20.9% † 5,414 (±2.2% / ±581)
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

2.5% ±1.2% (181  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Lexington, NE Micro Area: 5.3% † 1,002 (±0.7% / ±140)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
181 Total veterans ±88 148 Male ±80 33 Female ±43

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