Farnam vs Lexington

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

Farnam 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 169 in Farnam). Lexington has the higher median household income ($62,364 vs $46,500 in Farnam). Lexington has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $72,100 in Farnam).

Population, income & housing

	Farnam	Lexington
Population	169	10,693
Median age	36.8 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,500	$62,364
Median home value	$72,100	$155,200
Median gross rent	$708	$921
Housing units	78	3,561
Homeownership rate	72.4%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farnam	Lexington
Population	216 → 169 (-21.8%)	10,097 → 10,693 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $46,500 (+0.5%)	$52,885 → $62,364 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $72,100 (+17.6%)	$92,400 → $155,200 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $708 (+69.0%)	$768 → $921 (+19.9%)

Farnam

Population

216169

Median household income

$46,250$46,500

Median home value

$61,300$72,100

Median gross rent

$419$708

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)

	Farnam	Lexington
Under 5	7.7%	10.3%
5 to 17	10.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	23.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	4.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	5.3%	8.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	4.8%
75 and over	21.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farnam	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	18.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	65.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farnam	Lexington
No high school diploma	12.8%	38.8%
High school graduate	36.8%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farnam	Lexington
Drove alone	81.9%	70.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	24.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	8.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farnam	Lexington
1-unit, detached	92.3%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Farnam	Lexington
Poverty rate	22.5%	16.5%
Average household size	2.22	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	31	15
Median year structure built	1957	1973