Lexington vs Mansfield

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

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

Mansfield has the higher population (47,686 vs 4,866 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($56,068 vs $42,605 in Mansfield). Lexington has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $110,600 in Mansfield).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Mansfield
Population	4,866	47,686
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,068	$42,605
Median home value	$183,500	$110,600
Median gross rent	$756	$768
Housing units	2,119	21,382
Homeownership rate	68.5%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Mansfield
Population	4,842 → 4,866 (+0.5%)	46,576 → 47,686 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$55,977 → $56,068 (+0.2%)	$37,683 → $42,605 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$136,200 → $183,500 (+34.7%)	$79,600 → $110,600 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $756 (+5.0%)	$634 → $768 (+21.1%)

Lexington

Population

4,8424,866

Median household income

$55,977$56,068

Median home value

$136,200$183,500

Median gross rent

$720$756

Mansfield

Population

46,57647,686

Median household income

$37,683$42,605

Median home value

$79,600$110,600

Median gross rent

$634$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Mansfield
Under 5	4.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.9%
75 and over	8.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Mansfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	69.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.1%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Mansfield
No high school diploma	7.3%	14.4%
High school graduate	29.0%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Mansfield
Drove alone	81.5%	79.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Mansfield
1-unit, detached	61.6%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	10.6%
20 or more units	4.4%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Mansfield
Poverty rate	12.9%	24.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1975	1959