Darden vs Lexington

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

Darden 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 612 in Darden). Since 2019, Darden's population has grown faster (+170.8% vs +1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Darden	Lexington
Population	612	7,943
Median age	36.9 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,253
Median home value	—	$173,200
Median gross rent	—	$758
Housing units	226	3,250
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darden	Lexington
Population	226 → 612 (+170.8%)	7,848 → 7,943 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$33,182 → $95,288 (+187.2%)	$34,567 → $49,253 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $131,800 (+17.5%)	$114,900 → $173,200 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$636 → $758 (+19.2%)

Darden

Population

226612

Median household income

$33,182$95,288

Median home value

$112,200$131,800

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)

	Darden	Lexington
Under 5	2.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	22.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	20.1%	9.1%
75 and over	0.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darden	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	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	3.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darden	Lexington
No high school diploma	10.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	61.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darden	Lexington
Drove alone	80.6%	84.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darden	Lexington
1-unit, detached	63.3%	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	36.7%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Darden	Lexington
Poverty rate	5.7%	18.9%
Average household size	3.44	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	2000	1982