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Lexington, KY vs Franklin, TN

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Highlights
- Household income in Franklin, is 67% more than it is in Lexington and is 33% above the National Average.
- Lexington unemployment rate is 4.3%.
- Franklin unemployment rate is 3.1%.

Economy
 Lexington, KYFranklin, TNUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.3%3.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.4%2.4%1.6%
 Future Job Growth37.8%53.4%33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%9.8%6.2%
 Income Taxes7.8%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$37,475$51,811$37,638
 Household Income$61,526$102,721$69,021
 Family Median Income$84,028$123,661$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Lexington, KYFranklin, TNUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K10.6%3.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K3.9%1.9%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K9.8%4.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.0%5.3%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.7%6.5%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.1%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.5%8.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.3%13.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K14.9%20.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.3%12.0%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K7.8%18.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Lexington, KYFranklin, TNUnited States
 Management, business, finance16.5%26.4%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.8%10.5%6.5%
 Community, social services1.8%1.9%1.8%
 Legal1.6%1.9%1.2%
 Education, library8.5%6.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.4%3.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology8.4%6.3%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.7%1.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.4%0.9%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving6.0%5.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.2%1.2%3.6%
 Personal care3.1%2.7%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.0%23.1%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.7%0.1%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.9%3.3%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving11.1%4.9%13.1%

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Reviews for Lexington    62 Reviews

Lexington is a beautiful city. There are tons of tree lined streets and even trees in both sides of the city's only freeway. It's relatively small, which can be both  More

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Very beautiful/underrated city!!  More

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I have lived here now for over five years, originally from the west coast and here is my top 10 for why you should NOT move here. #1 The Culture: They have none, it  More

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Reviews for Franklin    27 Reviews

After visiting here for a week in the summer, I fell in love with the city! Lots of my friends in Florida already moved here from New Port Richey and Wesley Chapel. I  More

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I've lived in Tennessee all my life. I have lived in west,east and middle Tennessee. By far this is the best place I have lived. We have been in Franklin for 8 years. It  More

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I love that this is a greatly diverse community with a large African American and Hispanic community around West Main St./Nachez (I'm addicted to Pueblo Real Mexican  More

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ZIPS IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
40509, 40517, 40515, 40511, 40503, 40504, 40502, 40508, 40505, 40514, 14 total
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37064 37067 37069

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