Bellville vs Lexington

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

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

Lexington has the higher population (4,866 vs 2,037 in Bellville). Bellville has the higher median household income ($59,861 vs $56,068 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $181,000 in Bellville).

Population, income & housing

	Bellville	Lexington
Population	2,037	4,866
Median age	39.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,861	$56,068
Median home value	$181,000	$183,500
Median gross rent	$788	$756
Housing units	866	2,119
Homeownership rate	68.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellville	Lexington
Population	2,219 → 2,037 (-8.2%)	4,842 → 4,866 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$50,464 → $59,861 (+18.6%)	$55,977 → $56,068 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$142,500 → $181,000 (+27.0%)	$136,200 → $183,500 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $788 (+27.5%)	$720 → $756 (+5.0%)

Bellville

Population

2,2192,037

Median household income

$50,464$59,861

Median home value

$142,500$181,000

Median gross rent

$618$788

Lexington

Population

4,8424,866

Median household income

$55,977$56,068

Median home value

$136,200$183,500

Median gross rent

$720$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellville	Lexington
Under 5	4.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.8%
75 and over	10.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellville	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellville	Lexington
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	39.0%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellville	Lexington
Drove alone	86.9%	81.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellville	Lexington
1-unit, detached	67.6%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	15.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellville	Lexington
Poverty rate	11.1%	12.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1965	1975