Lexington vs Pickens

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

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

Pickens has the higher population (1,235 vs 1,202 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($39,375 vs $31,107 in Pickens). Pickens has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $90,300 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Pickens
Population	1,202	1,235
Median age	43.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$31,107
Median home value	$90,300	$104,200
Median gross rent	$629	—
Housing units	731	504
Homeownership rate	71.7%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Pickens
Population	1,784 → 1,202 (-32.6%)	1,083 → 1,235 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$31,023 → $39,375 (+26.9%)	$26,282 → $31,107 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $90,300 (+40.4%)	$70,600 → $104,200 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $629 (-0.2%)	$492 → $545 (+10.8%)

Lexington

Population

1,7841,202

Median household income

$31,023$39,375

Median home value

$64,300$90,300

Median gross rent

$630$629

Pickens

Population

1,0831,235

Median household income

$26,282$31,107

Median home value

$70,600$104,200

Median gross rent

$492$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Pickens
Under 5	3.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	29.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	20.8%	6.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.4%
75 and over	9.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Pickens
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	4.5%
Black or African American	79.0%	95.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
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+

	Lexington	Pickens
No high school diploma	10.8%	26.5%
High school graduate	28.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Pickens
Drove alone	94.7%	85.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	12.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Pickens
1-unit, detached	90.2%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Pickens
Poverty rate	30.8%	31.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	34	43
Median year structure built	1966	1980