Heyworth vs Lexington

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

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

Heyworth has the higher population (2,818 vs 2,074 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($98,676 vs $90,556 in Heyworth). Heyworth has the higher median home value ($196,200 vs $171,600 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Heyworth	Lexington
Population	2,818	2,074
Median age	36.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,556	$98,676
Median home value	$196,200	$171,600
Median gross rent	$1,026	$734
Housing units	1,013	887
Homeownership rate	87.4%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heyworth	Lexington
Population	3,124 → 2,818 (-9.8%)	1,894 → 2,074 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$78,077 → $90,556 (+16.0%)	$63,221 → $98,676 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $196,200 (+23.7%)	$146,500 → $171,600 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $1,026 (+43.9%)	$702 → $734 (+4.6%)

Heyworth

Population

3,1242,818

Median household income

$78,077$90,556

Median home value

$158,600$196,200

Median gross rent

$713$1,026

Lexington

Population

1,8942,074

Median household income

$63,221$98,676

Median home value

$146,500$171,600

Median gross rent

$702$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heyworth	Lexington
Under 5	3.5%	9.1%
5 to 17	28.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	19.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.2%
75 and over	5.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heyworth	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heyworth	Lexington
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heyworth	Lexington
Drove alone	82.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	12.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heyworth	Lexington
1-unit, detached	89.3%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Heyworth	Lexington
Poverty rate	7.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.96	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1976	1972