Lexington vs Underwood-Petersville

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

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

Underwood-Petersville has the higher population (3,049 vs 665 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($56,354 vs $43,000 in Underwood-Petersville). Lexington has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $118,900 in Underwood-Petersville).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Underwood-Petersville
Population	665	3,049
Median age	36.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,354	$43,000
Median home value	$180,600	$118,900
Median gross rent	$693	$749
Housing units	311	1,468
Homeownership rate	63.1%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Underwood-Petersville
Population	912 → 665 (-27.1%)	3,170 → 3,049 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $56,354 (+13.7%)	$50,701 → $43,000 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $180,600 (+56.5%)	$129,100 → $118,900 (-7.9%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $693 (+25.1%)	$812 → $749 (-7.8%)

Lexington

Population

912665

Median household income

$49,583$56,354

Median home value

$115,400$180,600

Median gross rent

$554$693

Underwood-Petersville

Population

3,1703,049

Median household income

$50,701$43,000

Median home value

$129,100$118,900

Median gross rent

$812$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Underwood-Petersville
Under 5	13.1%	0.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.3%
75 and over	8.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Underwood-Petersville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Underwood-Petersville
No high school diploma	7.3%	25.4%
High school graduate	37.6%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Underwood-Petersville
Drove alone	88.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Underwood-Petersville
1-unit, detached	73.6%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Underwood-Petersville
Poverty rate	19.5%	16.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	37	21
Median year structure built	1977	1979