Lyons vs Palmyra

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

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

Lyons has the higher population (3,536 vs 3,306 in Palmyra). Palmyra has the higher median household income ($66,647 vs $66,543 in Lyons). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $89,400 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Palmyra
Population	3,536	3,306
Median age	39.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,543	$66,647
Median home value	$89,400	$125,200
Median gross rent	$856	$936
Housing units	1,684	1,655
Homeownership rate	66.9%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Palmyra
Population	3,590 → 3,536 (-1.5%)	3,354 → 3,306 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$50,978 → $66,543 (+30.5%)	$60,500 → $66,647 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $89,400 (+17.8%)	$99,700 → $125,200 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $856 (+10.9%)	$770 → $936 (+21.6%)

Lyons

Population

3,5903,536

Median household income

$50,978$66,543

Median home value

$75,900$89,400

Median gross rent

$772$856

Palmyra

Population

3,3543,306

Median household income

$60,500$66,647

Median home value

$99,700$125,200

Median gross rent

$770$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Palmyra
Under 5	5.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	11.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	14.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.9%
75 and over	5.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Palmyra
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Palmyra
Drove alone	82.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.9%
Public transit	2.5%	0.4%
Walked	3.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	64.7%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	15.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Palmyra
Poverty rate	21.2%	11.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1938	1943