Lowville vs Lyons Falls

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

Lowville 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.

Lowville has the higher population (3,432 vs 478 in Lyons Falls). Lowville has the higher median household income ($73,656 vs $58,906 in Lyons Falls). Lowville has the higher median home value ($159,600 vs $95,300 in Lyons Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Lowville	Lyons Falls
Population	3,432	478
Median age	39.5 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,656	$58,906
Median home value	$159,600	$95,300
Median gross rent	$747	$592
Housing units	1,751	237
Homeownership rate	62.4%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowville	Lyons Falls
Population	3,233 → 3,432 (+6.2%)	576 → 478 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$48,393 → $73,656 (+52.2%)	$47,500 → $58,906 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $159,600 (+13.4%)	$81,500 → $95,300 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $747 (+15.3%)	$683 → $592 (-13.3%)

Lowville

Population

3,2333,432

Median household income

$48,393$73,656

Median home value

$140,800$159,600

Median gross rent

$648$747

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)

	Lowville	Lyons Falls
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	20.5%
18 to 24	15.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	20.3%
75 and over	8.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowville	Lyons Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowville	Lyons Falls
No high school diploma	10.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	28.0%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowville	Lyons Falls
Drove alone	60.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	16.7%	6.5%
Public transit	5.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowville	Lyons Falls
1-unit, detached	61.9%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	5.9%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Lowville	Lyons Falls
Poverty rate	13.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938