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Lexington, MS

1,154 Population
2.4 square miles 477.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,654 ±$9,426 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $33,087 ±$694
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
$39,076 ±$14,179 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $60,085 ±$1,177
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527

22.7% ±9.3% (262  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 16.5% 93,601 (±0.7% / ±3,977)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)

35.5 minutes ±10.8 (18,660  ±8,477) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25.1 6,149,205 (±0.4 / ±125,368)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)

Families

513 ±117 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 224,729 ±1,375
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
2.3 ±0.2 (1,154  ±278) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 567,197 (±0 / ±468)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,864,355

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

759 ±127 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 257,891 ±175
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359

$84,700 ±$11,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $176,500 ±$3,252
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427

10% ±6.7% (115  ±81.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 12.1% 70,975 (±0.6% / ±3,576.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)

Social

88.7% ±27.7% (827  ±,169.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.5% 350,680 (±1.3% / ±4,951.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
28.3% ±7% (264  ±89.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 32.6% 128,947 (±0.8% / ±3,007.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)

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

1.9% ±2.6% (22  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.3% 13,829
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,257

4.1% ±2.7% (42  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 6% 26,942 (±0.3% / ±1,388)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
42 Total veterans ±30 37 Male ±28 5 Female ±7

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