Lyons Falls vs Port Leyden

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

Lyons Falls 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.

Port Leyden has the higher population (680 vs 478 in Lyons Falls). Lyons Falls has the higher median household income ($58,906 vs $41,250 in Port Leyden). Port Leyden has the higher median home value ($98,200 vs $95,300 in Lyons Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons Falls	Port Leyden
Population	478	680
Median age	45.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,906	$41,250
Median home value	$95,300	$98,200
Median gross rent	$592	$579
Housing units	237	313
Homeownership rate	90.6%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons Falls	Port Leyden
Population	576 → 478 (-17.0%)	617 → 680 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $58,906 (+24.0%)	$39,583 → $41,250 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $95,300 (+16.9%)	$93,300 → $98,200 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $592 (-13.3%)	$747 → $579 (-22.5%)

Lyons Falls

Population

576478

Median household income

$47,500$58,906

Median home value

$81,500$95,300

Median gross rent

$683$592

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)

	Lyons Falls	Port Leyden
Under 5	5.9%	10.4%
5 to 17	20.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	4.7%
65 to 74	20.3%	18.7%
75 and over	7.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons Falls	Port Leyden
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons Falls	Port Leyden
No high school diploma	9.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons Falls	Port Leyden
Drove alone	83.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	8.6%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons Falls	Port Leyden
1-unit, detached	89.0%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Lyons Falls	Port Leyden
Poverty rate	8.6%	20.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938