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Lexington Public Schools, NE

12,529 Population
251 square miles 49.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dawson County: 35.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,263 ±$3,166 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dawson County: $39,285 † ±$7,145
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $41,751 ±$384
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,205 ±$5,898 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Dawson County: $69,880 ±$4,325
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $76,475 ±$633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±4.1% (1,593  ±506) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dawson County: 10.8% † 2,596 (±2.3% / ±562)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.6% 204,630 (±0.3% / ±5,789)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±2 (102,685  ±13,507) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Dawson County: 17.6 213,615 (±1.7 / ±21,237)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 19.2 17,325,040 (±0.1 / ±147,565)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,148 ±208 Number of households
  • Dawson County: 9,145 ±180
  • Nebraska: 797,847 ±2,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.2 (12,406  ±265) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dawson County: 2.6 23,946 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,931,011
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.9% ±4.2% (219  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dawson County: 6.6% † 330 (±2.5% / ±125)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 26,331 (±0.3% / ±1,201)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,352 ±190 Number of housing units
  • Dawson County: 9,958 ±37
  • Nebraska: 863,444 ±628
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,400 ±$8,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dawson County: $166,200 ±$6,735
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $238,600 ±$1,365
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.7% ±1.1% (332  ±133.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Dawson County: 6.6% † 1,557 (±1.4% / ±320.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Nebraska: 13.2% 257,994 (±0.3% / ±5,628.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

63.9% ±5.1% (4,732  ±435.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dawson County: 77.9% 12,047 (±3.9% / ±616.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nebraska: 92.2% 1,198,824 (±0.6% / ±7,286.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.6% ±2.8% (1,082  ±215.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dawson County: 17.6% † 2,722 (±1.9% / ±287)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 34.6% 449,651 (±0.3% / ±4,426.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

38.5% ±4.3% (4,825  ±542) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dawson County: 22.7% 5,485
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 8% 159,084
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.4% ±1% (203  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Dawson County: 5% † 869 (±0.8% / ±146)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 6.9% 102,710 (±0.1% / ±1,710)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
203 Total veterans ±83 136 Male ±56 67 Female ±55

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