Lexington vs Scotts Hill

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

Lexington and Scotts Hill 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 1,158 in Scotts Hill). Lexington has the higher median household income ($49,253 vs $37,837 in Scotts Hill). Lexington has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $114,200 in Scotts Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Scotts Hill
Population	7,943	1,158
Median age	36.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,253	$37,837
Median home value	$173,200	$114,200
Median gross rent	$758	$618
Housing units	3,250	526
Homeownership rate	58.8%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Scotts Hill
Population	7,848 → 7,943 (+1.2%)	951 → 1,158 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$34,567 → $49,253 (+42.5%)	$37,625 → $37,837 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $173,200 (+50.7%)	$98,000 → $114,200 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $758 (+19.2%)	$558 → $618 (+10.8%)

Lexington

Population

7,8487,943

Median household income

$34,567$49,253

Median home value

$114,900$173,200

Median gross rent

$636$758

Scotts Hill

Population

9511,158

Median household income

$37,625$37,837

Median home value

$98,000$114,200

Median gross rent

$558$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Scotts Hill
Under 5	6.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	20.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	5.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.0%
75 and over	7.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Scotts Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	94.5%
Black or African American	14.7%	0.3%
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%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Scotts Hill
No high school diploma	10.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	43.5%	60.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	11.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Scotts Hill
Drove alone	84.0%	85.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	2.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Scotts Hill
1-unit, detached	74.2%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Scotts Hill
Poverty rate	18.9%	48.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1982	1985