Kelso vs Lexington

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

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

Kelso has the higher population (12,697 vs 4,495 in Lexington). Lexington has the higher median household income ($101,417 vs $59,462 in Kelso). Lexington has the higher median home value ($344,200 vs $302,300 in Kelso).

Population, income & housing

	Kelso	Lexington
Population	12,697	4,495
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,462	$101,417
Median home value	$302,300	$344,200
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,537
Housing units	5,516	1,523
Homeownership rate	54.8%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kelso	Lexington
Population	12,123 → 12,697 (+4.7%)	3,785 → 4,495 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$39,044 → $59,462 (+52.3%)	$72,396 → $101,417 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $302,300 (+104.1%)	$234,700 → $344,200 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,131 (+35.8%)	$1,214 → $1,537 (+26.6%)

Kelso

Population

12,12312,697

Median household income

$39,044$59,462

Median home value

$148,100$302,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,131

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)

	Kelso	Lexington
Under 5	5.2%	0.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	27.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.5%	6.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.0%
75 and over	7.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kelso	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	87.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kelso	Lexington
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kelso	Lexington
Drove alone	87.1%	86.9%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.1%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kelso	Lexington
1-unit, detached	64.6%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Kelso	Lexington
Poverty rate	19.5%	2.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1961	1993