One downside of living in Lexington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lexington, the average commute to work is 32.08 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Lexington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Lexington is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.33% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lexington in 2022 was $36,654, which is wealthy relative to Mississippi, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,616 for a family of four. However, Lexington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lexington is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lexington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lexington residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Lexington include Irish, English, African, French, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Lexington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
