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Lexington, SC (Town Center) Help

Found within zip codes: 29072

About Town Center

Real Estate Prices and Overview

Median real estate prices in the Town Center of Lexington are $103,461, which is more expensive than 47.2% of the neighborhoods in South Carolina and 26.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

Average rental prices in Lexington Town Center are currently $503, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price then 49.2% of South Carolina neighborhoods.

Lexington Town Center is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Lexington, South Carolina.

Real estate in the Town Center of Lexington, SC is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Town Center neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.

Lexington Town Center has a 9.5% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 61.4% of American neighborhoods). This could either signal that there is weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood, or that much of the housing stock is seasonally occupied, which can occur in some markets dominated by colleges or vacation homes. Either way, if you live here year round, you will find many of the homes or apartments are empty for all or a portion of the year.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Notable & Unique: People

An interesting characteristic about the Lexington Town Center neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.2% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.

Notable & Unique: Diversity

Did you know that the Lexington Town Center neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.

Notable & Unique: Migration/Stability

Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the Lexington Town Center neighborhood. In the Lexington Town Center neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 95.6% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.

The Neighbors The Neighbors: Income

There are two complimentary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Town Center neighborhood in Lexington are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 63.4% of America's neighborhoods.

The Neighbors: Occupations

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle. In the Lexington Town Center neighborhood, 40.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 23.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.9%), and 14.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco. In the Town Center neighborhood in Lexington, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.6%) , and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (6.3%) , and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.5%) , along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.

The Neighbors: Languages

The most common language spoken in the Lexington Town Center neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.0%).

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Lexington Town Center neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (88.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.

NEIGHBORHOOD COST DETAILS
MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE $103,461
HOUSE VALUE RANGE
COST
$926,001+ 0%
$695,001-$926,000 0%
$463,001-$695,000 1%
$371,001-$463,000 2%
$278,001-$371,000 1%
$185,001-$278,000 7%
$93,001-$185,000 61%
$46,001-$93,000 24%
$0-$46,000 4%
RENTAL PRICE Medium cost relative to SC, low cost relative to the nation
NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER DETAILS
THE SETTING Suburban (based on population density)
TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS Mostly Single-family homes, some Rowhouses & attached homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Mobile homes and a few Small apartment buildings
SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS Mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2, or no bedrooms) and a few Large dwellings (4 or 5 bedrooms)
AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS Mostly Established but not old (Built 1970 – 1999), some Newer Homes (Built 2000 or later), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969) and some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier)
HOMEOWNERSHIP Mixed owners & renters
SPECIAL CHARACTER Mostly Hip & Trendy, Quiet and Urban Sophisticates
THE NEIGHBORS DETAILS
AGE & LIFESTYLE Mostly Mixed ages, some Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Seniors (people 65 and over) and some Families with children (family households with school-aged children)
EDUCATION LEVEL Rating: 6 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated)
INCOME Lower middle income (somewhat below average income for America)
OCCUPATIONS Mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Sales & Service workers, some Manufacturing & Laborers and some Government employees
ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY Mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Black, some Hispanic, some Irish ancestry, some Mexican and some Italian ancestry
LANGUAGES Mostly English speaking and some Spanish speaking

School Rating Information

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SCHOOLS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GRADES
There are no schools physically located in this neighborhood.

This neighborhood is served by one 1 district.

LEXINGTON 01 SCHOOL DISTRICT

22,694 Students enrolled in District

26 Schools in District

District quality compared to South Carolina
District quality compared to U.S.
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16
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

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ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 80.6 53.4
BLACK (%) 9.3 36.2
HISPANIC (%) 5.3 6.4
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 1.7 1.3
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 0.2 0.3
ECONOMIC GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 35.8 54.4
Educational Expenditures
FOR THIS DISTRICT PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $5,266 $117,439,000 49.5
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $734 $16,373,000 6.9
STAFF $541 $12,075,000 5.1
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $115 $2,573,000 1.1
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $425 $9,486,000 4.0
OPERATION $850 $18,944,000 8.0
TRANSPORTATION $348 $7,750,000 3.3
OTHER $283 $6,305,000 2.7
TOTAL SUPPORT $3,296 $73,506,000 31.0
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $2,087 $46,536,000 19.6
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,649 $237,481,000 100.0
NEIGHBORHOOD EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT Help
ADULTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) 24.7
CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) 8.0

Neighborhood Appreciation Rates Help

PERIOD TOTAL APPRECIATION AVG. ANNUAL RATE COMPARED TO SC* COMPARED TO AMERICA*
SINCE 1990 52.27% 1.84% 3 2
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Neighborhood Crime Data Help

CRIME INDEX
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Neighborhood Annual Crimes

VIOLENT PROPERTY TOTAL
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Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents

National Median 3.9

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in Lexington 1 in 298

in South Carolina 1 in 175

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Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents

National Median 29.1

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in Lexington 1 in 24

in South Carolina 1 in 26

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Crimes Per Square Mile

National Median 39.6

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