Lexington vs Plymouth

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

Lexington and Plymouth 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 1,649 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($62,054 vs $56,068 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $100,400 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Plymouth
Population	4,866	1,649
Median age	42.0 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,068	$62,054
Median home value	$183,500	$100,400
Median gross rent	$756	$821
Housing units	2,119	785
Homeownership rate	68.5%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Plymouth
Population	4,842 → 4,866 (+0.5%)	1,597 → 1,649 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$55,977 → $56,068 (+0.2%)	$44,844 → $62,054 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$136,200 → $183,500 (+34.7%)	$75,400 → $100,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $756 (+5.0%)	$721 → $821 (+13.9%)

Lexington

Population

4,8424,866

Median household income

$55,977$56,068

Median home value

$136,200$183,500

Median gross rent

$720$756

Plymouth

Population

1,5971,649

Median household income

$44,844$62,054

Median home value

$75,400$100,400

Median gross rent

$721$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Plymouth
Under 5	4.2%	11.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	6.7%
75 and over	8.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	89.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Plymouth
No high school diploma	7.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Plymouth
Drove alone	81.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	61.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Plymouth
Poverty rate	12.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1975	1956