Palmyra vs Sodus

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

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

Palmyra has the higher population (3,306 vs 1,999 in Sodus). Palmyra has the higher median household income ($66,647 vs $53,324 in Sodus). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $93,100 in Sodus).

Population, income & housing

	Palmyra	Sodus
Population	3,306	1,999
Median age	37.9 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,647	$53,324
Median home value	$125,200	$93,100
Median gross rent	$936	$859
Housing units	1,655	1,058
Homeownership rate	54.1%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmyra	Sodus
Population	3,354 → 3,306 (-1.4%)	1,654 → 1,999 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$60,500 → $66,647 (+10.2%)	$41,667 → $53,324 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $125,200 (+25.6%)	$72,600 → $93,100 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $936 (+21.6%)	$709 → $859 (+21.2%)

Palmyra

Population

3,3543,306

Median household income

$60,500$66,647

Median home value

$99,700$125,200

Median gross rent

$770$936

Sodus

Population

1,6541,999

Median household income

$41,667$53,324

Median home value

$72,600$93,100

Median gross rent

$709$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palmyra	Sodus
Under 5	6.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	14.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	20.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmyra	Sodus
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	63.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmyra	Sodus
No high school diploma	8.2%	13.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmyra	Sodus
Drove alone	80.7%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.4%	1.6%
Walked	4.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	2.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmyra	Sodus
1-unit, detached	52.6%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	28.1%	20.1%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Palmyra	Sodus
Poverty rate	11.1%	15.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1943	1941