Lexington vs Wallburg

A side-by-side comparison of Lexington and Wallburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Lexington and Wallburg are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lexington has the higher population (19,691 vs 3,104 in Wallburg). Wallburg has the higher median household income ($78,821 vs $41,775 in Lexington). Wallburg has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $158,100 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Wallburg
Population	19,691	3,104
Median age	35.9 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,775	$78,821
Median home value	$158,100	$292,500
Median gross rent	$882	$1,047
Housing units	8,973	1,282
Homeownership rate	41.2%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Wallburg
Population	18,861 → 19,691 (+4.4%)	3,053 → 3,104 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$29,938 → $41,775 (+39.5%)	$63,555 → $78,821 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $158,100 (+51.7%)	$170,500 → $292,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $882 (+25.3%)	$811 → $1,047 (+29.1%)

Lexington

Population

18,86119,691

Median household income

$29,938$41,775

Median home value

$104,200$158,100

Median gross rent

$704$882

Wallburg

Population

3,0533,104

Median household income

$63,555$78,821

Median home value

$170,500$292,500

Median gross rent

$811$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Wallburg
Under 5	6.8%	11.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	5.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.8%
75 and over	5.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Wallburg
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	80.3%
Black or African American	26.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Wallburg
No high school diploma	19.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	32.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Wallburg
Drove alone	72.4%	89.4%
Carpooled	15.9%	3.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Wallburg
1-unit, detached	69.3%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Wallburg
Poverty rate	25.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1970	1987