New Lexington vs Thornport

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

New Lexington and Thornport 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 1,157 in Thornport). Thornport has the higher median household income ($131,458 vs $43,447 in New Lexington). Thornport has the higher median home value ($484,100 vs $114,000 in New Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	New Lexington	Thornport
Population	4,479	1,157
Median age	34.6 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,447	$131,458
Median home value	$114,000	$484,100
Median gross rent	$620	—
Housing units	1,918	625
Homeownership rate	48.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Lexington	Thornport
Population	4,923 → 4,479 (-9.0%)	997 → 1,157 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$33,203 → $43,447 (+30.9%)	$70,280 → $131,458 (+87.0%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $114,000 (+45.6%)	$316,500 → $484,100 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $620 (-0.3%)	—

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

Thornport

Population

9971,157

Median household income

$70,280$131,458

Median home value

$316,500$484,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Lexington	Thornport
Under 5	8.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	17.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	5.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	24.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	22.2%
75 and over	8.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Lexington	Thornport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Lexington	Thornport
No high school diploma	17.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	49.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Lexington	Thornport
Drove alone	94.9%	70.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	13.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Lexington	Thornport
1-unit, detached	61.5%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	New Lexington	Thornport
Poverty rate	27.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1958	2001