Lexington vs Rogersville

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

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

Rogersville has the higher population (1,260 vs 665 in Lexington). Rogersville has the higher median household income ($63,164 vs $56,354 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $156,600 in Rogersville).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Rogersville
Population	665	1,260
Median age	36.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,354	$63,164
Median home value	$180,600	$156,600
Median gross rent	$693	$821
Housing units	311	646
Homeownership rate	63.1%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Rogersville
Population	912 → 665 (-27.1%)	1,424 → 1,260 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $56,354 (+13.7%)	$37,578 → $63,164 (+68.1%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $180,600 (+56.5%)	$122,200 → $156,600 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $693 (+25.1%)	$669 → $821 (+22.7%)

Lexington

Population

912665

Median household income

$49,583$56,354

Median home value

$115,400$180,600

Median gross rent

$554$693

Rogersville

Population

1,4241,260

Median household income

$37,578$63,164

Median home value

$122,200$156,600

Median gross rent

$669$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Rogersville
Under 5	13.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.9%
75 and over	8.3%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Rogersville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Rogersville
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	37.6%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Rogersville
Drove alone	88.5%	91.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Rogersville
1-unit, detached	73.6%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Rogersville
Poverty rate	19.5%	11.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	37	34
Median year structure built	1977	1973