Lexington vs Shelby

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

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

Shelby has the higher population (8,706 vs 4,866 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($56,068 vs $52,760 in Shelby). Lexington has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $117,300 in Shelby).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Shelby
Population	4,866	8,706
Median age	42.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,068	$52,760
Median home value	$183,500	$117,300
Median gross rent	$756	$724
Housing units	2,119	3,943
Homeownership rate	68.5%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Shelby
Population	4,842 → 4,866 (+0.5%)	8,866 → 8,706 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$55,977 → $56,068 (+0.2%)	$45,417 → $52,760 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$136,200 → $183,500 (+34.7%)	$92,900 → $117,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $756 (+5.0%)	$642 → $724 (+12.8%)

Lexington

Population

4,8424,866

Median household income

$55,977$56,068

Median home value

$136,200$183,500

Median gross rent

$720$756

Shelby

Population

8,8668,706

Median household income

$45,417$52,760

Median home value

$92,900$117,300

Median gross rent

$642$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Shelby
Under 5	4.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.3%
75 and over	8.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	93.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Shelby
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	29.0%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Shelby
Drove alone	81.5%	86.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Shelby
1-unit, detached	61.6%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	9.3%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Shelby
Poverty rate	12.9%	13.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1975	1958