Lexington vs Nowthen

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

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

Nowthen has the higher population (4,539 vs 2,616 in Lexington). Nowthen has the higher median household income ($134,491 vs $72,955 in Lexington). Nowthen has the higher median home value ($440,200 vs $282,000 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Nowthen
Population	2,616	4,539
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,955	$134,491
Median home value	$282,000	$440,200
Median gross rent	$1,462	—
Housing units	1,196	1,487
Homeownership rate	53.0%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Nowthen
Population	2,144 → 2,616 (+22.0%)	4,682 → 4,539 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$57,025 → $72,955 (+27.9%)	$107,688 → $134,491 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$176,100 → $282,000 (+60.1%)	$329,600 → $440,200 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,001 → $1,462 (+46.1%)	$1,607 → $1,474 (-8.3%)

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

Nowthen

Population

4,6824,539

Median household income

$107,688$134,491

Median home value

$329,600$440,200

Median gross rent

$1,607$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Nowthen
Under 5	3.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	23.8%
18 to 24	12.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	6.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	17.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	19.3%	18.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.6%
75 and over	1.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Nowthen
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	95.7%
Black or African American	15.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Nowthen
No high school diploma	14.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	29.6%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Nowthen
Drove alone	76.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	3.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	12.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Nowthen
1-unit, detached	43.6%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.3%
20 or more units	21.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Nowthen
Poverty rate	9.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.37	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1976	1995