Lexington, SC
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lexington, SC: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 90,341. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet LEXINGTON-SC · Lexington, SC 2 ZIPs · 90,341 pop · #5962/25278 · Lexington County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID
- INC-HIGH $91,806
- RANK-UPPER #5962/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gilbert
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 83% owners
- POP-SMALL 90,341
- SPREAD-MOD 29073→29072
- HOME-MID $274,350
Nearest income peer: Gilbert, SC ( $707 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Lexington
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lexington on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Batesburg · lowest
Batesburg · lowest
$50,379 median HH income
- Leesville · near
Leesville · near
$65,865 median HH income
- Columbia · near
Columbia · near
$77,142 median HH income
- Gilbert · near
Gilbert · near
$91,099 median HH income
- Lexington · this city
Lexington · this city
$91,806 median HH income
- Chapin · highest
Chapin · highest
$113,986 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lexington, SC sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 24%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 90,341
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $91,806
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $91,806 and home value $274,350 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 36.6%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lexington as a pure owner town.
Within South Carolina, Okatie is the closest lower-income city and Irmo the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lexington.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Lexington differ
Housing values create the stronger within-city contrast here. ZIP 29073 has a median home value of $216,300, compared with $332,400 in 29072. Use the city average for a broad profile, then compare these ZIP pages when a housing decision depends on the local market.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.4×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.5×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 6.5 points
29073 to 29072
29073 to 29072
29072 to 29073
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 29072 skews compact Lexington
In this 2-ZIP cluster, 29072 covers about 55% of Lexington's 90,341 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Lexington
Citywide ZBP: 2,476 establishments, 31,697 employees , annual payroll $1,540,662k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 29072 (1,799 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (359) · also Construction · Professional, scientific, and technical services .
ZIP Codes in Lexington, SC
These ZIP codes sit in Lexington County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Lexington. See the Lexington County roll-up →
Lexington sits in the upper half of Lexington County on income: Columbia, West Columbia and Gaston report less, while Chapin reports more. Batesburg marks the far end of that range at $50,379, 45% below Lexington.
Side-by-side: Compare 29072 vs 29073 →
Lexington roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Lexington, .