Centerville vs Lexington

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

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

Centerville has the higher population (3,915 vs 2,616 in Lexington). Centerville has the higher median household income ($119,361 vs $72,955 in Lexington). Centerville has the higher median home value ($364,700 vs $282,000 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Lexington
Population	3,915	2,616
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,361	$72,955
Median home value	$364,700	$282,000
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,462
Housing units	1,463	1,196
Homeownership rate	90.8%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Lexington
Population	3,985 → 3,915 (-1.8%)	2,144 → 2,616 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$107,794 → $119,361 (+10.7%)	$57,025 → $72,955 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$263,500 → $364,700 (+38.4%)	$176,100 → $282,000 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,453 (+24.9%)	$1,001 → $1,462 (+46.1%)

Centerville

Population

3,9853,915

Median household income

$107,794$119,361

Median home value

$263,500$364,700

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,453

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)

	Centerville	Lexington
Under 5	6.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.8%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	16.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	19.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.1%
75 and over	6.3%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	69.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Lexington
No high school diploma	3.1%	14.2%
High school graduate	15.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Lexington
Drove alone	66.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.7%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Lexington
1-unit, detached	77.6%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.6%
20 or more units	4.2%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Lexington
Poverty rate	1.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1993	1976