Chesterfield vs Lexington

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

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

Lexington has the higher population (7,943 vs 650 in Chesterfield). Chesterfield has the higher median household income ($58,929 vs $49,253 in Lexington). Chesterfield has the higher median home value ($198,000 vs $173,200 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Lexington
Population	650	7,943
Median age	44.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,929	$49,253
Median home value	$198,000	$173,200
Median gross rent	—	$758
Housing units	202	3,250
Homeownership rate	70.3%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	17.0%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Lexington
Population	683 → 650 (-4.8%)	7,848 → 7,943 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$50,558 → $58,929 (+16.6%)	$34,567 → $49,253 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$160,300 → $198,000 (+23.5%)	$114,900 → $173,200 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,076 (+4.8%)	$636 → $758 (+19.2%)

Chesterfield

Population

683650

Median household income

$50,558$58,929

Median home value

$160,300$198,000

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,076

Lexington

Population

7,8487,943

Median household income

$34,567$49,253

Median home value

$114,900$173,200

Median gross rent

$636$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Lexington
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	27.2%	19.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	5.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	20.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	2.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	16.9%	9.1%
75 and over	8.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Lexington
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.6%
High school graduate	54.4%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Lexington
Drove alone	89.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Lexington
1-unit, detached	63.9%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	36.1%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Lexington
Poverty rate	7.8%	18.9%
Average household size	3.22	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1993	1982