It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lexington has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lexington has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lexington than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lexington may be for you.
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, the citizens of Lexington rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.02% of adults 25 and older in Lexington have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Lexington in 2022 was $22,907, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,628 for a family of four. However, Lexington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lexington is a somewhat 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. Important ancestries of people in Lexington include English, African, Irish, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Lexington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.
