Cayce vs Lexington

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

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

Lexington has the higher population (24,132 vs 13,718 in Cayce). Lexington has the higher median household income ($83,263 vs $58,095 in Cayce). Lexington has the higher median home value ($271,200 vs $158,900 in Cayce).

Population, income & housing

	Cayce	Lexington
Population	13,718	24,132
Median age	36.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,095	$83,263
Median home value	$158,900	$271,200
Median gross rent	$1,358	$1,360
Housing units	7,106	10,309
Homeownership rate	59.1%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cayce	Lexington
Population	13,600 → 13,718 (+0.9%)	21,334 → 24,132 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$52,582 → $58,095 (+10.5%)	$72,996 → $83,263 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $158,900 (+22.3%)	$190,500 → $271,200 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,001 → $1,358 (+35.7%)	$1,066 → $1,360 (+27.6%)

Cayce

Population

13,60013,718

Median household income

$52,582$58,095

Median home value

$129,900$158,900

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,358

Lexington

Population

21,33424,132

Median household income

$72,996$83,263

Median home value

$190,500$271,200

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,360

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cayce	Lexington
Under 5	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	16.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.2%
75 and over	7.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cayce	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	73.2%
Black or African American	26.7%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cayce	Lexington
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cayce	Lexington
Drove alone	86.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.6%	11.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cayce	Lexington
1-unit, detached	69.2%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	11.1%
20 or more units	8.1%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Cayce	Lexington
Poverty rate	17.8%	7.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1970	2003