Lowville vs Port Leyden

A side-by-side comparison of Lowville and Port Leyden: population, income, housing, and more.

Lowville and Port Leyden 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 680 in Port Leyden). Lowville has the higher median household income ($73,656 vs $41,250 in Port Leyden). Lowville has the higher median home value ($159,600 vs $98,200 in Port Leyden).

Population, income & housing

	Lowville	Port Leyden
Population	3,432	680
Median age	39.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,656	$41,250
Median home value	$159,600	$98,200
Median gross rent	$747	$579
Housing units	1,751	313
Homeownership rate	62.4%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowville	Port Leyden
Population	3,233 → 3,432 (+6.2%)	617 → 680 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$48,393 → $73,656 (+52.2%)	$39,583 → $41,250 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $159,600 (+13.4%)	$93,300 → $98,200 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $747 (+15.3%)	$747 → $579 (-22.5%)

Lowville

Population

3,2333,432

Median household income

$48,393$73,656

Median home value

$140,800$159,600

Median gross rent

$648$747

Port Leyden

Population

617680

Median household income

$39,583$41,250

Median home value

$93,300$98,200

Median gross rent

$747$579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowville	Port Leyden
Under 5	3.4%	10.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	15.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	4.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	18.7%
75 and over	8.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowville	Port Leyden
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.7%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowville	Port Leyden
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	28.0%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowville	Port Leyden
Drove alone	60.6%	74.4%
Carpooled	16.7%	12.1%
Public transit	5.5%	3.0%
Walked	8.9%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowville	Port Leyden
1-unit, detached	61.9%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	9.6%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Lowville	Port Leyden
Poverty rate	13.4%	20.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938