Elizabethville vs Lykens

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabethville and Lykens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lykens has the higher population (1,830 vs 1,583 in Elizabethville). Elizabethville has the higher median household income ($75,724 vs $69,125 in Lykens). Elizabethville has the higher median home value ($168,900 vs $101,300 in Lykens).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethville	Lykens
Population	1,583	1,830
Median age	36.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,724	$69,125
Median home value	$168,900	$101,300
Median gross rent	$670	$879
Housing units	644	966
Homeownership rate	71.7%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethville	Lykens
Population	1,611 → 1,583 (-1.7%)	1,807 → 1,830 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$49,494 → $75,724 (+53.0%)	$40,256 → $69,125 (+71.7%)
Median home value	$114,400 → $168,900 (+47.6%)	$77,800 → $101,300 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $670 (+12.0%)	$688 → $879 (+27.8%)

Elizabethville

Population

1,6111,583

Median household income

$49,494$75,724

Median home value

$114,400$168,900

Median gross rent

$598$670

Lykens

Population

1,8071,830

Median household income

$40,256$69,125

Median home value

$77,800$101,300

Median gross rent

$688$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethville	Lykens
Under 5	6.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	14.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	21.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.1%
75 and over	7.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethville	Lykens
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.6%	14.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethville	Lykens
No high school diploma	12.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	35.7%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethville	Lykens
Drove alone	73.7%	49.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	26.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	12.9%	18.5%
Other means	7.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethville	Lykens
1-unit, detached	68.6%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	23.5%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethville	Lykens
Poverty rate	6.2%	22.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1944	1938