New Lexington vs Thornville

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

New Lexington and Thornville 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 1,608 in Thornville). Thornville has the higher median household income ($100,000 vs $43,447 in New Lexington). Thornville has the higher median home value ($249,300 vs $114,000 in New Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	New Lexington	Thornville
Population	4,479	1,608
Median age	34.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,447	$100,000
Median home value	$114,000	$249,300
Median gross rent	$620	$933
Housing units	1,918	651
Homeownership rate	48.0%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Lexington	Thornville
Population	4,923 → 4,479 (-9.0%)	1,042 → 1,608 (+54.3%)
Median household income	$33,203 → $43,447 (+30.9%)	$53,452 → $100,000 (+87.1%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $114,000 (+45.6%)	$164,500 → $249,300 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $620 (-0.3%)	$749 → $933 (+24.6%)

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

Thornville

Population

1,0421,608

Median household income

$53,452$100,000

Median home value

$164,500$249,300

Median gross rent

$749$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Lexington	Thornville
Under 5	8.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.3%
75 and over	8.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Lexington	Thornville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Lexington	Thornville
No high school diploma	17.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	49.5%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Lexington	Thornville
Drove alone	94.9%	89.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	7.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Lexington	Thornville
1-unit, detached	61.5%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	18.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Lexington	Thornville
Poverty rate	27.5%	2.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1958	1976