Lexington vs Welcome

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

Lexington and Welcome 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 3,649 in Welcome). Welcome has the higher median household income ($65,342 vs $41,775 in Lexington). Welcome has the higher median home value ($171,100 vs $158,100 in Lexington).

Population, income & housing

	Lexington	Welcome
Population	19,691	3,649
Median age	35.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,775	$65,342
Median home value	$158,100	$171,100
Median gross rent	$882	$863
Housing units	8,973	1,458
Homeownership rate	41.2%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lexington	Welcome
Population	18,861 → 19,691 (+4.4%)	3,804 → 3,649 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$29,938 → $41,775 (+39.5%)	$50,441 → $65,342 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $158,100 (+51.7%)	$133,700 → $171,100 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $882 (+25.3%)	$641 → $863 (+34.6%)

Lexington

Population

18,86119,691

Median household income

$29,938$41,775

Median home value

$104,200$158,100

Median gross rent

$704$882

Welcome

Population

3,8043,649

Median household income

$50,441$65,342

Median home value

$133,700$171,100

Median gross rent

$641$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lexington	Welcome
Under 5	6.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	14.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.2%
75 and over	5.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lexington	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	95.3%
Black or African American	26.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lexington	Welcome
No high school diploma	19.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	32.0%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lexington	Welcome
Drove alone	72.4%	88.9%
Carpooled	15.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lexington	Welcome
1-unit, detached	69.3%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Lexington	Welcome
Poverty rate	25.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1970	1976