Bethel vs Lexington

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

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

Lexington has the higher population (2,616 vs 559 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($102,500 vs $72,955 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median home value ($282,000 vs $260,200 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Lexington
Population	559	2,616
Median age	34.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$102,500	$72,955
Median home value	$260,200	$282,000
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,462
Housing units	208	1,196
Homeownership rate	86.5%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Lexington
Population	500 → 559 (+11.8%)	2,144 → 2,616 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$77,125 → $102,500 (+32.9%)	$57,025 → $72,955 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $260,200 (+42.3%)	$176,100 → $282,000 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,018 (+2.6%)	$1,001 → $1,462 (+46.1%)

Bethel

Population

500559

Median household income

$77,125$102,500

Median home value

$182,800$260,200

Median gross rent

$992$1,018

Lexington

Population

2,1442,616

Median household income

$57,025$72,955

Median home value

$176,100$282,000

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,462

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Lexington
Under 5	5.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	12.5%	12.8%
25 to 34	18.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	19.3%
65 to 74	3.8%	8.1%
75 and over	2.0%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	69.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Lexington
No high school diploma	3.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	36.1%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Lexington
Drove alone	74.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	9.5%
Public transit	0.3%	1.3%
Walked	1.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Lexington
1-unit, detached	89.9%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Lexington
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1984	1976