Croghan vs Lyons Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Croghan and Lyons Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Croghan and Lyons Falls are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Croghan has the higher population (642 vs 478 in Lyons Falls). Lyons Falls has the higher median household income ($58,906 vs $49,583 in Croghan). Croghan has the higher median home value ($145,500 vs $95,300 in Lyons Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Croghan	Lyons Falls
Population	642	478
Median age	39.1 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,583	$58,906
Median home value	$145,500	$95,300
Median gross rent	$755	$592
Housing units	320	237
Homeownership rate	59.4%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Croghan	Lyons Falls
Population	599 → 642 (+7.2%)	576 → 478 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$50,938 → $49,583 (-2.7%)	$47,500 → $58,906 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $145,500 (+24.3%)	$81,500 → $95,300 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $755 (+28.0%)	$683 → $592 (-13.3%)

Croghan

Population

599642

Median household income

$50,938$49,583

Median home value

$117,100$145,500

Median gross rent

$590$755

Lyons Falls

Population

576478

Median household income

$47,500$58,906

Median home value

$81,500$95,300

Median gross rent

$683$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Croghan	Lyons Falls
Under 5	5.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	20.3%
75 and over	11.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Croghan	Lyons Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Croghan	Lyons Falls
No high school diploma	6.2%	9.9%
High school graduate	42.6%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Croghan	Lyons Falls
Drove alone	69.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.0%
Other means	3.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Croghan	Lyons Falls
1-unit, detached	54.7%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	32.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	5.9%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Croghan	Lyons Falls
Poverty rate	17.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938