Lexington vs Tchula

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

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

Tchula has the higher population (2,154 vs 1,202 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($39,375 vs $35,441 in Tchula). Lexington has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $57,500 in Tchula).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Tchula
Population	1,202	2,154
Median age	43.5 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$35,441
Median home value	$90,300	$57,500
Median gross rent	$629	$557
Housing units	731	916
Homeownership rate	71.7%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	20.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Tchula
Population	1,784 → 1,202 (-32.6%)	1,924 → 2,154 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$31,023 → $39,375 (+26.9%)	$14,489 → $35,441 (+144.6%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $90,300 (+40.4%)	$58,200 → $57,500 (-1.2%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $629 (-0.2%)	$325 → $557 (+71.4%)

Lexington

Population

1,7841,202

Median household income

$31,023$39,375

Median home value

$64,300$90,300

Median gross rent

$630$629

Tchula

Population

1,9242,154

Median household income

$14,489$35,441

Median home value

$58,200$57,500

Median gross rent

$325$557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Tchula
Under 5	3.4%	14.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	16.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	20.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	3.9%
75 and over	9.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Tchula
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	1.2%
Black or African American	79.0%	97.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Tchula
No high school diploma	10.8%	16.1%
High school graduate	28.9%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Tchula
Drove alone	94.7%	91.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	3.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Tchula
1-unit, detached	90.2%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Tchula
Poverty rate	30.8%	46.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	34	41
Median year structure built	1966	1987