Goodman vs Lexington

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

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

Goodman has the higher population (1,237 vs 1,202 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($39,375 vs $14,722 in Goodman). Lexington has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $37,200 in Goodman).

Population, income & housing

	Goodman	Lexington
Population	1,237	1,202
Median age	20.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$14,722	$39,375
Median home value	$37,200	$90,300
Median gross rent	$372	$629
Housing units	332	731
Homeownership rate	22.6%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	24.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodman	Lexington
Population	1,252 → 1,237 (-1.2%)	1,784 → 1,202 (-32.6%)
Median household income	$21,078 → $14,722 (-30.2%)	$31,023 → $39,375 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$49,800 → $37,200 (-25.3%)	$64,300 → $90,300 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $372 (-24.5%)	$630 → $629 (-0.2%)

Goodman

Population

1,2521,237

Median household income

$21,078$14,722

Median home value

$49,800$37,200

Median gross rent

$493$372

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)

	Goodman	Lexington
Under 5	6.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	9.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	49.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	5.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	6.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	2.9%	20.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.5%
75 and over	4.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodman	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	26.2%	18.3%
Black or African American	70.2%	79.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodman	Lexington
No high school diploma	34.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	25.7%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodman	Lexington
Drove alone	63.2%	94.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	0.4%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodman	Lexington
1-unit, detached	30.4%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	28.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Goodman	Lexington
Poverty rate	50.2%	30.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1984	1966