Lexington vs Sumner

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

Lexington and Sumner 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 379 in Sumner). Sumner has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $62,364 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $88,400 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Sumner
Population	10,693	379
Median age	30.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,364	$66,875
Median home value	$155,200	$88,400
Median gross rent	$921	$891
Housing units	3,561	155
Homeownership rate	55.3%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Sumner
Population	10,097 → 10,693 (+5.9%)	214 → 379 (+77.1%)
Median household income	$52,885 → $62,364 (+17.9%)	$49,464 → $66,875 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$92,400 → $155,200 (+68.0%)	$82,500 → $88,400 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $921 (+19.9%)	$763 → $891 (+16.8%)

Lexington

Population

10,09710,693

Median household income

$52,885$62,364

Median home value

$92,400$155,200

Median gross rent

$768$921

Sumner

Population

214379

Median household income

$49,464$66,875

Median home value

$82,500$88,400

Median gross rent

$763$891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Sumner
Under 5	10.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	21.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	4.8%	3.4%
75 and over	4.8%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	79.7%
Black or African American	13.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Sumner
No high school diploma	38.8%	16.7%
High school graduate	25.6%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Sumner
Drove alone	70.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	24.0%	13.5%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	3.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Sumner
1-unit, detached	64.3%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Sumner
Poverty rate	16.5%	1.6%
Average household size	3.08	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1973	1938