Lexington vs Parker's Crossroads

A side-by-side comparison of Lexington and Parker's Crossroads: population, income, housing, and more.

Lexington and Parker's Crossroads 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 578 in Parker's Crossroads). Parker's Crossroads has the higher median household income ($70,313 vs $49,253 in Lexington). Parker's Crossroads has the higher median home value ($178,800 vs $173,200 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Parker's Crossroads
Population	7,943	578
Median age	36.4 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,253	$70,313
Median home value	$173,200	$178,800
Median gross rent	$758	$686
Housing units	3,250	265
Homeownership rate	58.8%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Parker's Crossroads
Population	7,848 → 7,943 (+1.2%)	239 → 578 (+141.8%)
Median household income	$34,567 → $49,253 (+42.5%)	$34,625 → $70,313 (+103.1%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $173,200 (+50.7%)	$85,000 → $178,800 (+110.4%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $758 (+19.2%)	$592 → $686 (+15.9%)

Lexington

Population

7,8487,943

Median household income

$34,567$49,253

Median home value

$114,900$173,200

Median gross rent

$636$758

Parker's Crossroads

Population

239578

Median household income

$34,625$70,313

Median home value

$85,000$178,800

Median gross rent

$592$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Parker's Crossroads
Under 5	6.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	7.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	14.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	5.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	14.7%
75 and over	7.5%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Parker's Crossroads
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	53.3%
Black or African American	14.7%	42.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Parker's Crossroads
No high school diploma	10.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	72.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Parker's Crossroads
Drove alone	84.0%	85.7%
Carpooled	2.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	7.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Parker's Crossroads
1-unit, detached	74.2%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Parker's Crossroads
Poverty rate	18.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1982	1993