Dime Box vs Lexington

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

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

Lexington has the higher population (1,493 vs 199 in Dime Box). Dime Box has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $59,821 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $135,700 in Dime Box).

Population, income & housing

	Dime Box	Lexington
Population	199	1,493
Median age	59.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$59,821
Median home value	$135,700	$186,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,071
Housing units	111	773
Homeownership rate	91.8%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dime Box	Lexington
Population	282 → 199 (-29.4%)	1,389 → 1,493 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$63,875 → $60,417 (-5.4%)	$51,010 → $59,821 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $135,700 (-50.7%)	$133,500 → $186,100 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $693 (+10.4%)	$913 → $1,071 (+17.3%)

Dime Box

Population

282199

Median household income

$63,875$60,417

Median home value

$275,000$135,700

Median gross rent

$628$693

Lexington

Population

1,3891,493

Median household income

$51,010$59,821

Median home value

$133,500$186,100

Median gross rent

$913$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dime Box	Lexington
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	5.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	21.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	1.5%	18.8%
55 to 64	33.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	22.6%	12.4%
75 and over	4.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dime Box	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	69.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dime Box	Lexington
No high school diploma	2.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	63.3%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dime Box	Lexington
Drove alone	100.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dime Box	Lexington
1-unit, detached	75.7%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Dime Box	Lexington
Poverty rate	10.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	35	48
Median year structure built	1995	1978