Lexington is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 19,904 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Lexington is the 50th largest community in North Carolina.When you are in Lexington, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 41.00% of Lexington’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Lexington is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lexington who work in sales jobs (14.31%), office and administrative support (10.29%), and food service (5.46%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.29% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Lexington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Lexington is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.90% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Lexington in 2022 was $22,661, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,644 for a family of four. However, Lexington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lexington is an extremely 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Lexington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.08% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lexington include German, Irish, English, African, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Lexington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
