What is the population of Lexington city?

Lexington city has 10,693 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #16 of 593 in Nebraska.

What is the median household income in Lexington city?

Median household income in Lexington city is $62,364 a year, 20.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lexington city?

Median gross rent is $921 a month and the median home value is $155,200, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.

Is Lexington city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lexington city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lexington, NE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lexington, Nebraska (Lexington, NE — Census place “Lexington city”) is 10,693 residents, ranking #16 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $62,364, the median home is worth $155,200 and median gross rent runs $921 a month. Looking for the Lexington Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lexington, NE: 68850.

Population: 10,693Lexington city residents
Median household income: $62,364Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $155,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $921Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 30.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.3%Owner-occupied households

Lexington ZIP codes (Nebraska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lexington.

The Lexington NE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

68850

What the numbers mean in Lexington city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lexington city median would spend about 17.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.5% of residents and 55.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Lexington city, NE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lexington city is a mid-size town in Nebraska, with 10,693 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #16 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 30.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lexington city earn a median of $62,364 a year, 20.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% below the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lexington city is valued at $155,200, 48.8% below the national figure and 4% below the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $921 a month, 34.5% below the national figure, or roughly $11,052 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 55.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Lexington city?: Lexington city has 10,693 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #16 of 593 in Nebraska.
What is the median household income in Lexington city?: Median household income in Lexington city is $62,364 a year, 20.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lexington city?: Median gross rent is $921 a month and the median home value is $155,200, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.
Is Lexington city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lexington city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lexington city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.