Killen vs Lexington

A side-by-side comparison of Killen and Lexington: population, income, housing, and more.

Killen and Lexington are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Killen has the higher population (1,431 vs 665 in Lexington). Killen has the higher median household income ($61,422 vs $56,354 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $162,800 in Killen).

Population, income & housing

	Killen	Lexington
Population	1,431	665
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,422	$56,354
Median home value	$162,800	$180,600
Median gross rent	$954	$693
Housing units	589	311
Homeownership rate	65.6%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Killen	Lexington
Population	1,263 → 1,431 (+13.3%)	912 → 665 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$54,286 → $61,422 (+13.1%)	$49,583 → $56,354 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $162,800 (+17.9%)	$115,400 → $180,600 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $954 (+22.2%)	$554 → $693 (+25.1%)

Killen

Population

1,2631,431

Median household income

$54,286$61,422

Median home value

$138,100$162,800

Median gross rent

$781$954

Lexington

Population

912665

Median household income

$49,583$56,354

Median home value

$115,400$180,600

Median gross rent

$554$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Killen	Lexington
Under 5	7.0%	13.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	17.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	7.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.4%
75 and over	7.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Killen	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	88.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Killen	Lexington
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	44.3%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Killen	Lexington
Drove alone	87.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	1.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Killen	Lexington
1-unit, detached	79.5%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Killen	Lexington
Poverty rate	8.6%	19.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1982	1977