Most of Lexington commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns. Employers in Lexington report 181 jobs, against 510 working residents. Lexington grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lexington: the figures worth knowing
Lexington’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lexington is Austin, 45 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (115) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Lexington workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 510 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Lexington’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lexington is better than 10% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lexington’s grade.
Unemployment (10.9%) is left out: Lexington’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lexington could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Miles to work from Lexington
About 34% 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.
Each way, about 38 minutes from Lexington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lexington workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 503 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 on a workday afternoon
On a workday 493 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Lexington on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
23% of working residents work in Austin
Where Lexington clocks in
23% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Lexington: what the 181 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 181. 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.
Few in Lexington walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lexington is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lexington near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 589 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). 4.4% of Lexington households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lexington’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,416th of 5,400: where Lexington ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 30 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,414 | Glasgow MO | 1,080 | $50K | 11.9% | 3.1% | 15% | D |
| 4,415 | Crescent OK | 1,429 | $63K | 19.3% | 4.8% | 6% | D |
| 4,416 | Lexington TX | 1,342 | $56K | 15.6% | 10.9% | 3% | D |
| 4,417 | Hodgdon ME | 1,296 | $55K | 12.1% | 1.5% | 4% | D |
| 4,418 | Pittsfield NY | 1,304 | $67K | 23.0% | 7.0% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Texas.
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?
$56,354 (±$12,365) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lexington?
15.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lexington?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lexington work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (23%, 45 mi), Houston (5%, 106 mi), Elgin (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lexington walkable?
Lexington is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lexington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.