Lexington vs Normal

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

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

Normal has the higher population (52,908 vs 2,074 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($98,676 vs $66,350 in Normal). Normal has the higher median home value ($199,900 vs $171,600 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Normal
Population	2,074	52,908
Median age	43.1 yrs	25.2 yrs
Median household income	$98,676	$66,350
Median home value	$171,600	$199,900
Median gross rent	$734	$974
Housing units	887	21,879
Homeownership rate	88.6%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Normal
Population	1,894 → 2,074 (+9.5%)	54,891 → 52,908 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$63,221 → $98,676 (+56.1%)	$58,111 → $66,350 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $171,600 (+17.1%)	$170,200 → $199,900 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $734 (+4.6%)	$875 → $974 (+11.3%)

Lexington

Population

1,8942,074

Median household income

$63,221$98,676

Median home value

$146,500$171,600

Median gross rent

$702$734

Normal

Population

54,89152,908

Median household income

$58,111$66,350

Median home value

$170,200$199,900

Median gross rent

$875$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Normal
Under 5	9.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	32.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	19.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.7%
75 and over	6.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Normal
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Normal
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	36.5%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Normal
Drove alone	78.6%	70.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.5%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.5%	12.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Normal
1-unit, detached	81.4%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	23.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Normal
Poverty rate	4.8%	21.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1972	1989