
Oklahoma · Census place 42700
Lexington, OK population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Lexington, Oklahoma (Lexington, OK — Census place “Lexington city”) is 2,002 residents, ranking #146 of 846 places in Oklahoma. Median household income is $46,094, the median home is worth $84,500 and median gross rent runs $879 a month. Looking for the Lexington Oklahoma ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lexington, OK: 73051.
- Population
- 2,002Lexington city residents
- Median household income
- $46,094Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $84,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $879Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 68.4%Owner-occupied households
Lexington ZIP codes (Oklahoma)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lexington.
The Lexington OK ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Lexington city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Lexington city median would spend about 22.9% 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 27% of residents and 68.4% 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, OK in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Lexington city is a small town in Oklahoma, with 2,002 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #146 of 846 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 39.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Lexington city earn a median of $46,094 a year, 41.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $53,500 median for the 240 Oklahoma 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 27% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Lexington city is valued at $84,500, 72.1% below the national figure and 33% below the $125,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $879 a month, 37.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,548 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 68.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Oklahoma.
- Arkoma town 2,001
- Chouteau town 2,005
- Prague city 1,999
- Newkirk city 2,024
- Oakhurst CDP 1,970
- Krebs city 2,031
- Burns Flat town 1,954
- Walters city 2,173
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Lexington city?
- Lexington city has 2,002 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #146 of 846 in Oklahoma.
- What is the median household income in Lexington city?
- Median household income in Lexington city is $46,094 a year, 41.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lexington city?
- Median gross rent is $879 a month and the median home value is $84,500, so rent absorbs about 22.9% of median household income.
- Is Lexington city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.8× 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 22.9% 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. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.