Beacon Hill vs Lexington

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

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

Lexington has the higher population (4,495 vs 1,978 in Beacon Hill). Lexington has the higher median household income ($101,417 vs $82,639 in Beacon Hill). Beacon Hill has the higher median home value ($363,500 vs $344,200 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon Hill	Lexington
Population	1,978	4,495
Median age	31.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,639	$101,417
Median home value	$363,500	$344,200
Median gross rent	$846	$1,537
Housing units	609	1,523
Homeownership rate	61.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon Hill	Lexington
Population	1,903 → 1,978 (+3.9%)	3,785 → 4,495 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$83,047 → $82,639 (-0.5%)	$72,396 → $101,417 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$207,700 → $363,500 (+75.0%)	$234,700 → $344,200 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $846 (+54.7%)	$1,214 → $1,537 (+26.6%)

Beacon Hill

Population

1,9031,978

Median household income

$83,047$82,639

Median home value

$207,700$363,500

Median gross rent

$547$846

Lexington

Population

3,7854,495

Median household income

$72,396$101,417

Median home value

$234,700$344,200

Median gross rent

$1,214$1,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon Hill	Lexington
Under 5	9.3%	0.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	27.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	6.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	5.6%	12.0%
75 and over	9.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon Hill	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon Hill	Lexington
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon Hill	Lexington
Drove alone	87.9%	86.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon Hill	Lexington
1-unit, detached	70.8%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	12.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Beacon Hill	Lexington
Poverty rate	13.1%	2.7%
Average household size	3.14	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1971	1993