Lexington HillsCA
A town of 2,692.
Is Lexington Hills a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lexington Hills grades A− overall, 25th among California's 841 graded towns. Its schools rank ahead of 97% of California towns. The median household earns $249K and it is healthier than 96% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $1.3 million, 8 years of the San Jose metro’s $162K median household income. 74% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lexington Hills, above both the California town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. The biggest park or preserve is Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve, at 629 acres.
What makes Lexington Hills stand out
Where Lexington Hills beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
99% of working residents leave Lexington Hills for work
Where Lexington Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lexington Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Lexington Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Levi's Stadium and 87 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lexington Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaLevi's Stadium
Big draw16 mi Theme parkCalifornia's Great America
13 mi Stadium & arenaSAP Center
14 mi Stadium & arenaPayPal Park
18 mi MuseumComputer History Museum
28 mi MuseumFiloliPhoto credits
Levi's Stadium: Matthew Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0 · California's Great America: Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SAP Center: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PayPal Park: Jbburgess0, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Computer History Museum: Dzou, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Filoli: Sukuru, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Lexington Hills: who provides what
Lexington Hills is unincorporated, so Santa Clara County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lexington Hills.
Lexington Hills has less no health insurance than most of California, has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and keeps more of its land conserved than most of California.
For cost of living, Lexington Hills earns a D
The typical value, about $1.3M, is 9% below its June 2022 peak.
The typical home value in Lexington Hills is about $1,295,000, up 3.9% in a year, 70% above the California typical home. The rent at the middle of the market locally is $2,482 a month. In Lexington Hills, 87% of households live in a home they own.
| Lexington Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,482 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 87% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For health, Lexington Hills earns an A+
Its widest gap with California is no health insurance: 3.4% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10.6% statewide. Against the 444 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lexington Hills’s, it is less healthy than 76%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Lexington Hills, 16% get no exercise outside work and 13% say their health is fair or poor. Of 32 CDC measures, Lexington Hills beats the California average on 19 and trails it on 1. Lexington Hills: 11% of adults report frequent physical distress.
| Lexington Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 22% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lexington Hills | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.4% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.2% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Lexington Hills is earthquakes, at a very high overall level
Expected losses in Lexington Hills break down as 42% from earthquakes and 27% from wildfires.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Protected land: nearly a third of Lexington Hills
Its 967 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 93% of California towns.
There are 3.0 miles of trail across 3 parks and preserves. Lexington Hills’ trail network density comes in at 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve | 0.8 mi | 629 |
| 2. Lexington Reservoir County Park | — | 35 |
| 3. Friendship Park | 0.2 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Lexington Hills, the median household income runs higher than in the typical California or U.S. town
Lexington Hills has 109 jobs for its 1,084 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 25.2% of workers work from home, against 17.2% across California.
3.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Lexington Hills. This California town had 109 jobs in 2023, down 66 from 2013. In Lexington Hills, the average trip to work is 34 minutes. The top destinations are San Jose (24%), Los Gatos (7%) and San Francisco (7%).
| Lexington Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $249,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect mild winters and pleasant summers in Lexington Hills
The Los Gatos weather station, 5 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 310 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns.
In Lexington Hills, the July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Lexington Hills
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Lexington Hills
About 7 of every 100 Lexington Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
About Lexington Hills
Census-designated place in California, United States
Lexington Hills is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 2,492 at the 2020 census. The area is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, about five miles south of Los Gatos and about 14 miles (23 km) north of Santa Cruz. Lexington Hills is the name assigned by the United States Census Bureau to the area, which actually comprises several small communities, including Redwood Estates, Holy City, Chemeketa Park, and Aldercroft Heights.
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- Area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,250 ft
Questions about Lexington Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lexington Hills, CA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lexington Hills grades A− overall, better than 85% of U.S. towns and #25 of 841 in California. It grades A+ for health and A+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Lexington Hills, CA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.