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Lexington-Fayette, KY

Fayette County

City in and county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, United States.

Population
329,437 (2024)
Density
1,161 / sq mi
Land area
283.9 sq mi
Water area
1.7 sq mi
Elevation
1,001 ft
Founded
1775
Coordinates
38.0407, -84.4583

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Photos of Lexington-Fayette

  • African Cemetery No. 2, Lexington Kentucky

    FloNight (Sydney Poore) and… · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • African Cemetery No. 2, Lexington, Kentucky, 2

    FloNight (Sydney Poore) and… · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Loudoun House

    Lester Jones · Public domain

  • Flinch three editions

    Kevin Fillips · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Loudon House - HABS KY,34-LEX,7- 070521pu

    Lester Jones · Public domain

  • Loudon House - HABS KY,34-LEX,7- 070522pu

    Lester Jones · Public domain

  • Loudon House - HABS KY,34-LEX,7- 070523pu

    Lester Jones · Public domain

  • Loudon House - HABS KY,34-LEX,7- 070524pu

    Lester Jones · Public domain

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Climate

July average high
87°F
January average low
25°F
Annual rainfall
49.8 in
Annual snowfall
14.5 in
  1. 42° 25° Jan 3.4"
  2. 47° 28° Feb 3.6"
  3. 56° 36° Mar 4.5"
  4. 67° 45° Apr 4.4"
  5. 76° 55° May 5.4"
  6. 84° 63° Jun 5.0"
  7. 87° 67° Jul 5.1"
  8. 86° 65° Aug 3.7"
  9. 80° 58° Sep 3.4"
  10. 69° 47° Oct 3.7"
  11. 56° 36° Nov 3.4"
  12. 46° 30° Dec 4.2"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Lexington Bluegrass Ap (13 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Lexington-Fayette ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$67,631
Median rent
$1,101 / mo
Median home value
$272,100
Median age
35.2
Unemployment
5.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher
47.3%
Poverty rate
15.7%
Renter-occupied homes
46.4%

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Sleeping under 7 hours
38.6%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
61.5%
Share of city that is parkland
2.9%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
12.4
Median air quality index (county)
40
Unhealthy air days (county)
0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
91.0%
Households with no internet
5.0%
Average commute
20.8 min
Work from home
10.9%
Commute by transit
1.3%
Commute on foot
3.0%
Commute by bike
0.5%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Fayette County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 8 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Tornado: relatively high
  • Cold wave: relatively high
  • Winter weather: relatively high
  • Lightning: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 40502
  • 40503
  • 40504
  • 40505
  • 40507
  • 40508
  • 40509
  • 40510
  • 40511
  • 40513
  • 40514
  • 40515
  • 40516
  • 40517
  • 40526
  • 40536