Lexington, NE

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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2024 Population
26,242
US Senator
Deb Fischer
Republican Party
US Senator
Pete Ricketts
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
36.4
1.09% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
10.8%
9.76% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$70,652
7.01% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$169,200
5.03% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
13,586
3.19% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Lexington, NE 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.

90.1% of the residents in Lexington, NE are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Lexington, NE was $169,200, and the homeownership rate was 67.6%.

Most people in Lexington, NE drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 17.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Lexington, NE was 2 cars per household.

Lexington, NE borders Kearney, NE and North Platte, NE.

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Population & Diversity

Lexington, NE is home to a population of 26.2k people, from which 90.1% are citizens. As of 2024, 20.9% of Lexington, NE residents were born outside of the country (5.49k people).

In 2024, there were 3.46 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (14.6k people) in Lexington, NE than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.22k Other (Hispanic) and 2.87k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

90.1%
2024 Citizenship
89.3%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 90.1% of Lexington, NE residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Lexington, NE was 89.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Lexington, NE
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    14.6k ± 168
  2. Other (Hispanic)
    4.22k ± 668
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    2.87k ± 567
35%
Hispanic Population
9.2k people

In 2024, there were 3.46 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (14.6k people) in Lexington, NE than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.22k Other (Hispanic) and 2.87k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

35% of the people in Lexington, NE are hispanic (9.2k people).

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

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for Nebraska.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    46,760 ± 5,245 people
  2. Guatemala
    11,721 ± 2,650 people
  3. El Salvador
    6,922 ± 2,039 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Nebraska was Mexico, the natal country of 46,760 Nebraska residents, followed by Guatemala with 11,721 and El Salvador with 6,922.

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Foreign-Born Population

20.9%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
5.49k people
20.9%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
5.41k people

As of 2024, 20.9% of Lexington, NE residents (5.49k 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, NE was 20.9%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    512 ± 124
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    128 ± 54
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    121 ± 50

Lexington, NE has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 4 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Lexington, NE employs 13.6k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Lexington, NE were Manufacturing (3,383 people), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (1,594 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (1,545 people), and the highest paying industries were Transportation & Warehousing ($74,688), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($73,271), and Utilities ($64,583).

Employment

Occupations

13.6k
2024 Value
± 819
3.19%
1 Year growth
± 8.28%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Lexington, NE grew at a rate of 3.19%, from 13.2k employees to 13.6k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Lexington, NE, are Production Occupations (1,933 people), Management Occupations (1,502 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,194 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Lexington, NE.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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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

13.6k
2024 Value
± 819
3.19%
1 Year growth
± 8.28%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Lexington, NE grew at a rate of 3.19%, from 13.2k employees to 13.6k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Lexington, NE, are Manufacturing (3,383 people), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (1,594 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (1,545 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Lexington, NE, though some of these residents may live in Lexington, NE and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$50,994
Median earning men ± $2,325
$39,009
Median earning women ± $2,356

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($79,766), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($67,500), and Retail Trade ($66,641).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Construction ($63,000), Public Administration ($57,057), and Information ($51,250).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.25%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.03M people employed in Nebraska. This represents a 2.25% 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 8.87%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Nebraska.

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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 72
    Other Services (except Public Administration)
  2. 54
    Construction
  3. 53
    Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $208k
    Manufacturing
  2. $58.6k
    Health Care and Social Assistance
  3. $37.3k
    Retail Trade

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Nebraska went to Donald J. Trump with 59.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38.9%), followed by Other (0.849%).

Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts are the senators currently representing the state of Nebraska. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Nebraska is currently represented by 3 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Lexington, NE. Showing the available data for Nebraska.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (59.3%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (38.9%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Other (0.849%)
    Other Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Nebraska went to Donald J. Trump with 59.3% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38.9%), followed by Other (0.849%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Nebraska for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Nebraska

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Deb Fischer
Senator from Nebraska1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013
Pete Ricketts
Senator from Nebraska2
Assumed office on January 12, 2023
Appointed to the seat on January 12, 2023 following the resignation of Ben Sasse.

Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts are the senators currently representing Nebraska.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Nebraska over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Lexington, NE was $169,200 in 2024, which is 0.509 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $161,100 to $169,200, a 5.03% increase. The homeownership rate in Lexington, NE is 67.6%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Lexington, NE have an average commute time of 17.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Lexington, NE is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$169,200
Median Property Value 2024
±$6,640
$6,745
Median Property Taxes
±$498

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, NE the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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

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Rent vs Own

67.6%
Homeownership
2024
66.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 67.6% of the housing units in Lexington, NE were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 66.1%.

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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.
$70,652
Median Household Income
± $4,333
9.98k
Number of Households
± 644

In 2024, the median household income of the 9.98k households in Lexington, NE grew to $70,652 from the previous year's value of $66,023.

The following chart displays the households in Lexington, NE 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 $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Lexington, NE is from Nebraska.
0.447
2023 Wage GINI in Nebraska
0.444
2022 Wage GINI in Nebraska

In 2023, the income inequality in Nebraska was 0.447 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.606% growth from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Nebraska was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Nebraska in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Nebraska across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (78.3%)
  2. Carpooled (14.4%)
  3. Worked At Home (2.77%)

In 2024, 78.3% of workers in Lexington, NE drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (14.4%) and those who worked at home (2.77%).

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

17.9 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Lexington, NE have a shorter commute time (17.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2% of the workforce in Lexington, NE 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, NE distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Lexington, NE have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lexington, NE (2.8k out of 26k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Lexington, NE is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

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

90.2% of the population of Lexington, NE has health coverage, with 49.3% on employee plans, 12.8% on Medicaid, 12.7% on Medicare, 14.3% on non-group plans, and 0.98% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Nebraska see 1,343 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,343 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1217 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 294 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.7% were men and 48.3% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Nebraska.
1,343 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Nebraska

Primary care physicians in Nebraska see an average of 1,343 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,343 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Nebraska in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 28.4% under 18 years, 19.6% between 18 and 34 years, 35.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 16.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.7% were men and 48.3% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

9.83%
Uninsured
49.3%
Employer Coverage
12.8%
Medicaid
12.7%
Medicare
14.3%
Non-Group
0.98%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Lexington, NE declined by 14.8% from 11.5% to 9.83%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Lexington, NE changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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