New Lexington vs Somerset

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

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

New Lexington has the higher population (4,479 vs 1,417 in Somerset). Somerset has the higher median household income ($49,145 vs $43,447 in New Lexington). Somerset has the higher median home value ($190,200 vs $114,000 in New Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	New Lexington	Somerset
Population	4,479	1,417
Median age	34.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,447	$49,145
Median home value	$114,000	$190,200
Median gross rent	$620	$774
Housing units	1,918	711
Homeownership rate	48.0%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Lexington	Somerset
Population	4,923 → 4,479 (-9.0%)	1,728 → 1,417 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$33,203 → $43,447 (+30.9%)	$49,516 → $49,145 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $114,000 (+45.6%)	$121,400 → $190,200 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $620 (-0.3%)	$600 → $774 (+29.0%)

New Lexington

Population

4,9234,479

Median household income

$33,203$43,447

Median home value

$78,300$114,000

Median gross rent

$622$620

Somerset

Population

1,7281,417

Median household income

$49,516$49,145

Median home value

$121,400$190,200

Median gross rent

$600$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Lexington	Somerset
Under 5	8.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	25.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	17.5%	20.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	3.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.6%
75 and over	8.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Lexington	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Lexington	Somerset
No high school diploma	17.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	49.5%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Lexington	Somerset
Drove alone	94.9%	73.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	20.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Lexington	Somerset
1-unit, detached	61.5%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	7.0%
20 or more units	18.4%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	New Lexington	Somerset
Poverty rate	27.5%	19.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1958	1956