Brown City vs Lexington

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

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

Brown City has the higher population (1,211 vs 1,119 in Lexington). Brown City has the higher median household income ($60,357 vs $49,091 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median home value ($191,000 vs $121,400 in Brown City).

Population, income & housing

	Brown City	Lexington
Population	1,211	1,119
Median age	41.8 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,357	$49,091
Median home value	$121,400	$191,000
Median gross rent	$805	$643
Housing units	520	1,026
Homeownership rate	69.1%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown City	Lexington
Population	1,201 → 1,211 (+0.8%)	1,011 → 1,119 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$39,438 → $60,357 (+53.0%)	$39,942 → $49,091 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $121,400 (+71.2%)	$120,600 → $191,000 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $805 (+22.9%)	$525 → $643 (+22.5%)

Brown City

Population

1,2011,211

Median household income

$39,438$60,357

Median home value

$70,900$121,400

Median gross rent

$655$805

Lexington

Population

1,0111,119

Median household income

$39,942$49,091

Median home value

$120,600$191,000

Median gross rent

$525$643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown City	Lexington
Under 5	3.8%	0.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	6.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	2.5%
25 to 34	7.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	19.4%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	22.2%
75 and over	7.3%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown City	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown City	Lexington
No high school diploma	9.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	51.3%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown City	Lexington
Drove alone	87.9%	64.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	11.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown City	Lexington
1-unit, detached	73.1%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Brown City	Lexington
Poverty rate	17.0%	12.6%
Average household size	2.39	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1959	1980