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Lexington, TN

7,943 Population
11.8 square miles 675.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Henderson County: 40.3 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,621 ±$2,961 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Henderson County: $27,722 ±$1,569
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$49,253 ±$5,850 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Henderson County: $53,471 ±$3,028
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

18.9% ±7.2% (1,413  ±539) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Henderson County: 16.8% † 4,616 (±3% / ±831)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

26.8 minutes ±5.2 (68,855  ±17,488) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Henderson County: 27 272,545 (±2.5 / ±31,440)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

2,881 ±231 Number of households
  • Henderson County: 10,928 ±355
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.6 ±0.2 (7,579  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Henderson County: 2.5 27,530 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

9.2% ±6.5% (159  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Henderson County: 9.8% † 603 (±3.9% / ±243)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

3,250 ±248 Number of housing units
  • Henderson County: 12,944 ±53
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$173,200 ±$12,350 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Henderson County: $156,000 ±$9,827
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

8.1% ±3.3% (629  ±253) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Henderson County: 8.9% † 2,436 (±2.4% / ±643)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

89.4% ±9.8% (4,807  ±578.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Henderson County: 89.3% 17,333 (±4.6% / ±898.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
14.9% ±4.3% (801  ±236.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Henderson County: 14.4% † 2,788 (±2% / ±387.6)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

0.5% ±0.8% (43  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Henderson County: 1% 291
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

6.2% ±3.6% (361  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Henderson County: 7.2% † 1,556 (±1.6% / ±341)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
361 Total veterans ±214 361 Male ±214 N/A Female ±19

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