Lyons vs Pennwyn

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

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

Lyons has the higher population (490 vs 482 in Pennwyn). Pennwyn has the higher median home value ($193,500 vs $170,200 in Lyons). Since 2019, Lyons's population has grown faster (+6.8% vs -10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Pennwyn
Population	490	482
Median age	47.8 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	—
Median home value	$170,200	$193,500
Median gross rent	$1,071	—
Housing units	245	386
Homeownership rate	70.2%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Pennwyn
Population	459 → 490 (+6.8%)	538 → 482 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $53,750 (-3.7%)	$84,537 → $48,929 (-42.1%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $170,200 (+38.5%)	$171,400 → $193,500 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,071 (+19.0%)	—

Lyons

Population

459490

Median household income

$55,833$53,750

Median home value

$122,900$170,200

Median gross rent

$900$1,071

Pennwyn

Population

538482

Median household income

$84,537$48,929

Median home value

$171,400$193,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Pennwyn
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	1.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	19.1%
55 to 64	22.7%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	0.0%
75 and over	6.7%	26.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Pennwyn
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	24.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Pennwyn
No high school diploma	4.9%	23.0%
High school graduate	63.7%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Pennwyn
Drove alone	77.4%	62.1%
Carpooled	13.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	24.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Pennwyn
1-unit, detached	63.3%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Pennwyn
Poverty rate	9.6%	26.1%
Average household size	2.03	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1953	1974