Cozad vs Lexington

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

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

Lexington has the higher population (10,693 vs 3,944 in Cozad). Lexington has the higher median household income ($62,364 vs $50,161 in Cozad). Lexington has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $118,600 in Cozad).

Population, income & housing

	Cozad	Lexington
Population	3,944	10,693
Median age	43.7 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,161	$62,364
Median home value	$118,600	$155,200
Median gross rent	$820	$921
Housing units	1,937	3,561
Homeownership rate	64.7%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cozad	Lexington
Population	3,787 → 3,944 (+4.1%)	10,097 → 10,693 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$46,196 → $50,161 (+8.6%)	$52,885 → $62,364 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $118,600 (+36.3%)	$92,400 → $155,200 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $820 (+21.5%)	$768 → $921 (+19.9%)

Cozad

Population

3,7873,944

Median household income

$46,196$50,161

Median home value

$87,000$118,600

Median gross rent

$675$820

Lexington

Population

10,09710,693

Median household income

$52,885$62,364

Median home value

$92,400$155,200

Median gross rent

$768$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cozad	Lexington
Under 5	5.6%	10.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	22.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	4.8%
75 and over	13.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cozad	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	18.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	65.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cozad	Lexington
No high school diploma	13.1%	38.8%
High school graduate	39.7%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cozad	Lexington
Drove alone	89.0%	70.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	24.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.3%
Other means	1.6%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cozad	Lexington
1-unit, detached	75.7%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	13.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Cozad	Lexington
Poverty rate	15.2%	16.5%
Average household size	2.21	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1966	1973