Lexington, Tennessee.
Typical home $218,410 (+6.3% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$667 (+139%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,006 +6%
- $205,405$218,410 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $54,410 +33%
- $164,001$218,410 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Lexington$1,146
- Tennessee$1,737
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Lexington, TN rose 6.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee
Lexington is a city of 7,956 people in Henderson County. Half its households earn more than $49,057 a year and half less, against $55,136 across Henderson County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 63% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 37% are rented. Unemployment in Henderson County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 2.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Lexington is a small city in Henderson County, Tennessee, and the people who live here are younger than in many small towns. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though somewhat fewer than across much of the country. Household incomes are below the county's, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are mild and cold at times, with very little snow, and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Lexington are Nidec, Leroy Somer, which makes motor generator sets, Henderson County Schools, and Walmart. Unemployment in Henderson County is a little lower than a year ago, though the county has fewer jobs than the year before. Commutes are moderate, and relatively few people work from home.
Things to do. Wolf Creek runs in or beside town, and Browns Creek and Lick Creek are both a short drive away, so there is easy access to water and quiet creekside country. For a longer outing, Natchez Trace State Park is a protected area a longer drive away, and Pinson Mounds, an archaeological site, is also a longer drive from town.
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- 2,973households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Henderson County had 8,197 jobs in 2025, 2.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 68°. About 2 inches of snow and 55 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lexington weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lexington
- Nidec, Leroy SomerMotor generator sets manufacturing667
- Henderson County SchoolsSchool district599FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters346
- Fluid Routing SolutionsPlastics and rubber belts and hoses manufacturing293
- WabtecExchangers, heat, manufacturing245
- Volvo Penta LexingtonMarine engines manufacturing126
- Dewayne's Quality Metal CoatingsElectroplating metals and formed products for the trade117
- Henderson County Community HospitalGeneral hospital109FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,115 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lexington’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Henderson County.
Lexington home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lexington$218,410
- Tennessee$330,844
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Lexington listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Lexington24.79%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lexington77
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lexington17
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Lexington$233,960
- United States$370,717
Zip codes with a Lexington address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lexington — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.