Giddings vs Lexington

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

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

Giddings has the higher population (5,085 vs 1,493 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($59,821 vs $51,397 in Giddings). Giddings has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $186,100 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Giddings	Lexington
Population	5,085	1,493
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,397	$59,821
Median home value	$192,800	$186,100
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,071
Housing units	2,079	773
Homeownership rate	63.6%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Giddings	Lexington
Population	5,055 → 5,085 (+0.6%)	1,389 → 1,493 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $51,397 (+16.8%)	$51,010 → $59,821 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$111,300 → $192,800 (+73.2%)	$133,500 → $186,100 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,139 (+28.3%)	$913 → $1,071 (+17.3%)

Giddings

Population

5,0555,085

Median household income

$44,000$51,397

Median home value

$111,300$192,800

Median gross rent

$888$1,139

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)

	Giddings	Lexington
Under 5	8.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.9%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	18.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.4%
75 and over	8.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Giddings	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	34.5%	69.5%
Black or African American	14.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Giddings	Lexington
No high school diploma	22.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	39.7%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Giddings	Lexington
Drove alone	75.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.6%
Other means	2.4%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Giddings	Lexington
1-unit, detached	77.2%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Giddings	Lexington
Poverty rate	15.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	48
Median year structure built	1985	1978