Lexington, Virginia

Lexington population, 2020 to 2024

Lexington added 487 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.7%. In the latest year it moved by +246. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Lexington is 47% of it.

Lexington covers 2.50 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 3,121 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Lexington is denser than the typical town.

What county Lexington is in

All of Lexington's residents live in Lexington city, which had 7,802 residents in 2024. Lexington holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lexington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lexington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 24450. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lexington is

The Census internal point of Lexington is at 37.782300, -79.444300. Richmond, the capital, is 111.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lynchburg, VA (80,301 people), 29.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 109.1 miles away.

Daylight in Lexington

At 37.78° N, Lexington gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lexington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Buena Vista, 6.0 miles away, with 6,581 people.