Lewiston vs Youngstown

A side-by-side comparison of Lewiston and Youngstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lewiston has the higher population (2,527 vs 1,773 in Youngstown). Youngstown has the higher median household income ($81,818 vs $69,583 in Lewiston). Lewiston has the higher median home value ($222,700 vs $199,500 in Youngstown).

Population, income & housing

	Lewiston	Youngstown
Population	2,527	1,773
Median age	52.5 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$81,818
Median home value	$222,700	$199,500
Median gross rent	$1,082	$928
Housing units	1,432	828
Homeownership rate	57.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewiston	Youngstown
Population	2,587 → 2,527 (-2.3%)	2,019 → 1,773 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$49,888 → $69,583 (+39.5%)	$65,179 → $81,818 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $222,700 (+30.7%)	$163,100 → $199,500 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,082 (+18.5%)	$738 → $928 (+25.7%)

Lewiston

Population

2,5872,527

Median household income

$49,888$69,583

Median home value

$170,400$222,700

Median gross rent

$913$1,082

Youngstown

Population

2,0191,773

Median household income

$65,179$81,818

Median home value

$163,100$199,500

Median gross rent

$738$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewiston	Youngstown
Under 5	3.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	19.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.0%
75 and over	13.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewiston	Youngstown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	1.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewiston	Youngstown
No high school diploma	7.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	13.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewiston	Youngstown
Drove alone	80.5%	88.4%
Carpooled	0.5%	3.5%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	4.2%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewiston	Youngstown
1-unit, detached	55.9%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	6.4%
20 or more units	9.6%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lewiston	Youngstown
Poverty rate	4.4%	5.1%
Average household size	1.85	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1960	1960