The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lexington has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lexington a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Lexington, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.79 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Lexington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Lexington, just 11.90% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Lexington in 2022 was $22,299, which is lower middle income relative to Oklahoma, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,196 for a family of four. However, Lexington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lexington is a very 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 Native 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 15.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lexington include Irish, German, European, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in Lexington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
