Lexington city vs Rappahannock County

A side-by-side comparison of Lexington city and Rappahannock County: population, income, housing, and more.

Lexington city and Rappahannock County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lexington city has the higher population (7,420 vs 7,409 in Rappahannock County). Rappahannock County has the higher median household income ($98,125 vs $89,598 in Lexington city). Rappahannock County has the higher median home value ($490,200 vs $275,300 in Lexington city).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington city	Rappahannock County
Population	7,420	7,409
Median age	22.5 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,598	$98,125
Median home value	$275,300	$490,200
Median gross rent	$985	$1,384
Housing units	2,644	3,848
Homeownership rate	51.7%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington city	Rappahannock County
Population	7,241 → 7,420 (+2.5%)	7,378 → 7,409 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$42,632 → $89,598 (+110.2%)	$74,284 → $98,125 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$235,700 → $275,300 (+16.8%)	$377,700 → $490,200 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $985 (+25.0%)	$1,055 → $1,384 (+31.2%)

Lexington city

Population

7,2417,420

Median household income

$42,632$89,598

Median home value

$235,700$275,300

Median gross rent

$788$985

Rappahannock County

Population

7,3787,409

Median household income

$74,284$98,125

Median home value

$377,700$490,200

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,384

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington city	Rappahannock County
Under 5	3.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	3.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	49.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	3.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	7.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.2%
75 and over	6.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington city	Rappahannock County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	85.7%
Black or African American	4.7%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	3.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.8%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington city	Rappahannock County
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	32.4%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington city	Rappahannock County
Drove alone	53.9%	69.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	30.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	19.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington city	Rappahannock County
1-unit, detached	62.6%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lexington city	Rappahannock County
Poverty rate	15.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.03	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	12	36
Median year structure built	1957	1981