Lanesville vs Palmyra

A side-by-side comparison of Lanesville and Palmyra: population, income, housing, and more.

Lanesville and Palmyra are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palmyra has the higher population (1,271 vs 871 in Lanesville). Lanesville has the higher median household income ($80,473 vs $49,821 in Palmyra). Lanesville has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $143,500 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Lanesville	Palmyra
Population	871	1,271
Median age	39.6 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,473	$49,821
Median home value	$208,000	$143,500
Median gross rent	$886	$717
Housing units	418	559
Homeownership rate	71.5%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanesville	Palmyra
Population	615 → 871 (+41.6%)	1,367 → 1,271 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $80,473 (+57.8%)	$31,147 → $49,821 (+60.0%)
Median home value	$142,100 → $208,000 (+46.4%)	$114,500 → $143,500 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $886 (+18.9%)	$602 → $717 (+19.1%)

Lanesville

Population

615871

Median household income

$51,000$80,473

Median home value

$142,100$208,000

Median gross rent

$745$886

Palmyra

Population

1,3671,271

Median household income

$31,147$49,821

Median home value

$114,500$143,500

Median gross rent

$602$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanesville	Palmyra
Under 5	6.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	24.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.0%
75 and over	9.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanesville	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	97.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanesville	Palmyra
No high school diploma	3.1%	16.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanesville	Palmyra
Drove alone	75.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanesville	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	74.9%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Lanesville	Palmyra
Poverty rate	2.5%	15.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1970	1983