Lexington vs Waterloo

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

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

Lexington has the higher population (665 vs 92 in Waterloo). Lexington has the higher median household income ($56,354 vs $29,219 in Waterloo). Lexington has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $92,000 in Waterloo).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Waterloo
Population	665	92
Median age	36.1 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,354	$29,219
Median home value	$180,600	$92,000
Median gross rent	$693	$663
Housing units	311	95
Homeownership rate	63.1%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Waterloo
Population	912 → 665 (-27.1%)	140 → 92 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $56,354 (+13.7%)	$42,500 → $29,219 (-31.2%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $180,600 (+56.5%)	$57,500 → $92,000 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $693 (+25.1%)	$650 → $663 (+2.0%)

Lexington

Population

912665

Median household income

$49,583$56,354

Median home value

$115,400$180,600

Median gross rent

$554$693

Waterloo

Population

14092

Median household income

$42,500$29,219

Median home value

$57,500$92,000

Median gross rent

$650$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Waterloo
Under 5	13.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	4.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	3.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	1.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	21.7%
55 to 64	7.8%	27.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	20.7%
75 and over	8.3%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Waterloo
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Waterloo
No high school diploma	7.3%	22.0%
High school graduate	37.6%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Waterloo
Drove alone	88.5%	93.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Waterloo
1-unit, detached	73.6%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Waterloo
Poverty rate	19.5%	20.7%
Average household size	2.48	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1977	1968