Gothenburg vs Lexington

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

Gothenburg 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 3,436 in Gothenburg). Gothenburg has the higher median household income ($79,519 vs $62,364 in Lexington). Gothenburg has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $155,200 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Gothenburg	Lexington
Population	3,436	10,693
Median age	39.6 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,519	$62,364
Median home value	$173,200	$155,200
Median gross rent	$838	$921
Housing units	1,597	3,561
Homeownership rate	69.1%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gothenburg	Lexington
Population	3,489 → 3,436 (-1.5%)	10,097 → 10,693 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$65,433 → $79,519 (+21.5%)	$52,885 → $62,364 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $173,200 (+67.5%)	$92,400 → $155,200 (+68.0%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $838 (+22.7%)	$768 → $921 (+19.9%)

Gothenburg

Population

3,4893,436

Median household income

$65,433$79,519

Median home value

$103,400$173,200

Median gross rent

$683$838

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)

	Gothenburg	Lexington
Under 5	4.8%	10.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	22.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	4.8%
75 and over	7.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gothenburg	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	18.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	65.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gothenburg	Lexington
No high school diploma	9.1%	38.8%
High school graduate	32.5%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gothenburg	Lexington
Drove alone	81.6%	70.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	24.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	4.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.8%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.3%
Other means	2.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gothenburg	Lexington
1-unit, detached	82.8%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	13.1%
20 or more units	5.5%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Gothenburg	Lexington
Poverty rate	7.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.39	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1968	1973