Photo: User:OHWiki · Public domainHouseholds in Lexington have lower incomes than those in 85% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 13.7% of residents (Ohio 13.3%). Lexington grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. About one in ten work in Lexington; the top destination outside it is Mansfield (25%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lexington
Lexington makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Lexington are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lexington residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Lexington and Mansfield trade workers both ways
Mansfield is the top workplace for Lexington residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Lexington come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lexington is where the jobs are
Lexington has 2,844 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lexington
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lexington is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #866 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Lexington’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,196, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lexington could be anywhere from D to B+.
A place that makes things: 65% of Lexington’s jobs are in goods
2,844 jobs are based in Lexington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 2,244 → 2,844. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lexington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Lexington
Where Lexington clocks in
25% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Lexington fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,689 residents head out to work, 205 work right here, and 2,639 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Lexington on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Lexington: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lexington workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,932 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Lexington’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Lexington, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lexington is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns, #907 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,069 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.2% of Lexington households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lexington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lexington next to U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500: 2,976th of 3,753 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,974 | Ravenswood WV | 3,790 | $34K | 31.4% | 0.0% | 14% | C− |
| 2,975 | Green Township OH | 5,337 | $60K | 20.7% | 3.0% | 19% | C− |
| 2,976 | Lexington OH | 4,848 | $52K | 13.7% | 6.0% | 11% | C− |
| 2,977 | Greenville PA | 5,406 | $53K | 16.5% | 4.7% | 12% | C− |
| 2,978 | Rio Bravo TX | 4,523 | $46K | 32.8% | 2.6% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lexington, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Lexington
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lexington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington | – | C− | D | 22 min | $52,196 |
| Washington Township | 2% | B+ | C | 21 min | $89,333 |
| Troy Township | 1% | C+ | D | 22 min | $61,848 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lexington’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lexington: questions
What is the median household income in Lexington?
$52,196 (±$12,212) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lexington?
13.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lexington?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lexington work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (25%, 6 mi), Columbus (7%, 53 mi), Ontario (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lexington walkable?
Lexington is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lexington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lexington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lexington
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.