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Lexington city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Lexington city is a Census city of 4,606 people across 5.23 square miles of land, in Lafayette County. Median household income is $56,905, 59.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.9 m.
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Lexington
What Lexington is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.23 sq mi
- Water area0.23 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land881
- County holding the largest share of its areaLafayette County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lexington
How many people live in Lexington
- Population4,606
- Median age37.2
- Population under 181,192 plus or minus 292
- Share under 1825.9 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Population 65 and over797 plus or minus 208
- Share 65 and over17.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Households1,934
- Family households1,097
- Share of households that are families56.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lexington
Income and work in Lexington
- Median household income$56,905 plus or minus $12,226
- Per capita income$31,315
- Civilian labor force2,214
- Employed2,050
- Unemployed164 plus or minus 83
- Unemployment rate7.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over3,153
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.1 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lexington
Housing in Lexington
- Housing units2,161
- Occupied units1,934
- Vacant units227 plus or minus 159
- Vacancy rate10.5 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Owner occupied1,153
- Renter occupied781 plus or minus 192
- Ownership rate59.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$161,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$801
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.9 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Single family units1,748
- Share single family80.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more413 plus or minus 172
- Share in buildings of two or more19.1 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lexington
How Lexington gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,695
- Commuting under 15 minutes548 plus or minus 206
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.3 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more419 plus or minus 160
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.7 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Drove alone81.8 percent
- Carpooled8.1 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home7.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lexington
SBA loans in Lexington (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,889,000
- Average approval$629,667
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,375,000
- Largest approval$1,375,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval2.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lafayette County, not Lexington
Lafayette County context, not Lexington figures
These are Lafayette County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lexington measurements.
- Establishments in Lafayette County732
- Employment at those establishments, Lafayette County6,755
- Covered employment, Lafayette County8,809
- Average annual pay, Lafayette County$44,138
- Average weekly wage, Lafayette County$849
- Housing units permitted, Lafayette County121
- Of those, single family, Lafayette County91
- County product, 2024, Lafayette County$1,157,596,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lafayette County2.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lafayette County$54,485
Every figure in this section is published for Lafayette County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lexington. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lexington questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lexington, Missouri?
4,606, in 1,934 households. Lexington city covers 5.23 square miles of land, which is 881 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lexington in?
Lafayette County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lexington?
$56,905. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $161,300. Median gross rent is $801 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lexington businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $1.9 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $350,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lexington, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lexington borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lexington. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Lexington figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lafayette County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lexington.
Is zoning published for Lexington?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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