Lexington, NC

Census Place

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2024 Population
19,690
US Senator
Thom Tillis
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Budd
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
36.7
2.23% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
27.8%
9.44% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$43,128
3.24% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$179,900
13.8% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
7,834
1.79% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Lexington, NC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

92.6% of the residents in Lexington, NC are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Lexington, NC was $179,900, and the homeownership rate was 41.6%.

Most people in Lexington, NC drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Lexington, NC was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Lexington, NC is home to a population of 19.7k people, from which 92.6% are citizens. As of 2024, 13% of Lexington, NC residents were born outside of the country (2.57k people).

In 2024, there were 1.85 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (8.42k people) in Lexington, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.56k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 2.26k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

92.6%
2024 Citizenship
93%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 92.6% of Lexington, NC residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Lexington, NC was 93%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Lexington, NC
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    8.42k ± 917
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    4.56k ± 527
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    2.26k ± 845
24.1%
Hispanic Population
4.74k people

In 2024, there were 1.85 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (8.42k people) in Lexington, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.56k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 2.26k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

24.1% of the people in Lexington, NC are hispanic (4.74k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Lexington, NC as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for North Carolina.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    224,963 ± 11,520 people
  2. India
    83,219 ± 7,055 people
  3. Honduras
    48,247 ± 5,380 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of North Carolina was Mexico, the natal country of 224,963 North Carolina residents, followed by India with 83,219 and Honduras with 48,247.

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Foreign-Born Population

13%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
2.57k people
12.8%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
2.52k people

As of 2024, 13% of Lexington, NC residents (2.57k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Lexington, NC was 12.8%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    379 ± 139
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    157 ± 112
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    143 ± 91

Lexington, NC has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.41 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Lexington, NC employs 7.83k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Lexington, NC were Manufacturing (1,821 people), Retail Trade (1,522 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (846 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($71,349), Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($63,862), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($62,700).

Employment

Occupations

7.83k
2024 Value
± 731
−1.79%
1 Year decline
± 13.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Lexington, NC declined at a rate of −1.79%, from 7.98k employees to 7.83k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Lexington, NC, are Production Occupations (1,481 people), Sales & Related Occupations (1,121 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (806 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Lexington, NC.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

7.83k
2024 Value
± 731
−1.79%
1 Year decline
± 13.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Lexington, NC declined at a rate of −1.79%, from 7.98k employees to 7.83k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Lexington, NC, are Manufacturing (1,821 people), Retail Trade (1,522 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (846 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Lexington, NC, though some of these residents may live in Lexington, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$36,189
Median earning men ± $3,988
$30,734
Median earning women ± $7,386

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($72,676), Information ($65,417), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($50,404).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($50,600), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($49,000), and Public Administration ($42,861).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.
Y-Axis
3.04%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.86M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 3.04% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Lexington, NC was $179,900 in 2024, which is 0.541 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $158,100 to $179,900, a 13.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Lexington, NC is 41.6%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Lexington, NC have an average commute time of 25.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Lexington, NC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$179,900
Median Property Value 2024
±$13,117
$3,135
Median Property Taxes
±$381

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Lexington, NC the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Lexington, NC compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

41.6%
Homeownership
2024
61.5%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 41.6% of the housing units in Lexington, NC were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 41.2%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$43,128
Median Household Income
± $2,614
7.53k
Number of Households
± 772

In 2024, the median household income of the 7.53k households in Lexington, NC grew to $43,128 from the previous year's value of $41,775.

The following chart displays the households in Lexington, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $10k - $15k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Lexington, NC is from North Carolina.
0.467
2023 Wage GINI in North Carolina
0.47
2022 Wage GINI in North Carolina

In 2023, the income inequality in North Carolina was 0.467 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.639% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for North Carolina was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in North Carolina in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (70.4%)
  2. Carpooled (18%)
  3. Worked At Home (7.29%)

In 2024, 70.4% of workers in Lexington, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (18%) and those who worked at home (7.29%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

25.5 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Lexington, NC have a shorter commute time (25.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.85% of the workforce in Lexington, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Lexington, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Lexington, NC have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

27.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lexington, NC (5.27k out of 19k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females < 5, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Males 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Lexington, NC is White, followed by Black and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

85.4% of the population of Lexington, NC has health coverage, with 32.4% on employee plans, 28.4% on Medicaid, 13.4% on Medicare, 9.34% on non-group plans, and 1.97% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in North Carolina see 1,413 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,413 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1634 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 299 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 44.9% were men and 55.1% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 26.5% under 18 years, 21.4% between 18 and 34 years, 36.7% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 44.9% were men and 55.1% were women.

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Uninsured People

14.6%
Uninsured
32.4%
Employer Coverage
28.4%
Medicaid
13.4%
Medicare
9.34%
Non-Group
1.97%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Lexington, NC declined by 8.48% from 15.9% to 14.6%.

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