Durant vs Lexington

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

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

Durant has the higher population (1,904 vs 1,202 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($39,375 vs $28,050 in Durant). Lexington has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $58,100 in Durant).

Population, income & housing

	Durant	Lexington
Population	1,904	1,202
Median age	42.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,050	$39,375
Median home value	$58,100	$90,300
Median gross rent	$463	$629
Housing units	998	731
Homeownership rate	55.6%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durant	Lexington
Population	2,726 → 1,904 (-30.2%)	1,784 → 1,202 (-32.6%)
Median household income	$19,221 → $28,050 (+45.9%)	$31,023 → $39,375 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$54,600 → $58,100 (+6.4%)	$64,300 → $90,300 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $463 (-17.9%)	$630 → $629 (-0.2%)

Durant

Population

2,7261,904

Median household income

$19,221$28,050

Median home value

$54,600$58,100

Median gross rent

$564$463

Lexington

Population

1,7841,202

Median household income

$31,023$39,375

Median home value

$64,300$90,300

Median gross rent

$630$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durant	Lexington
Under 5	3.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	27.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.4%	20.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.5%
75 and over	8.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durant	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	12.1%	18.3%
Black or African American	87.9%	79.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durant	Lexington
No high school diploma	18.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	35.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durant	Lexington
Drove alone	89.6%	94.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.4%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durant	Lexington
1-unit, detached	74.7%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Durant	Lexington
Poverty rate	32.3%	30.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1969	1966