Highspire vs Lykens

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

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

Highspire has the higher population (2,729 vs 1,830 in Lykens). Lykens has the higher median household income ($69,125 vs $50,689 in Highspire). Highspire has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $101,300 in Lykens).

Population, income & housing

	Highspire	Lykens
Population	2,729	1,830
Median age	34.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,689	$69,125
Median home value	$113,500	$101,300
Median gross rent	$993	$879
Housing units	1,465	966
Homeownership rate	41.0%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highspire	Lykens
Population	2,492 → 2,729 (+9.5%)	1,807 → 1,830 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$42,222 → $50,689 (+20.1%)	$40,256 → $69,125 (+71.7%)
Median home value	$95,200 → $113,500 (+19.2%)	$77,800 → $101,300 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $993 (+13.5%)	$688 → $879 (+27.8%)

Highspire

Population

2,4922,729

Median household income

$42,222$50,689

Median home value

$95,200$113,500

Median gross rent

$875$993

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)

	Highspire	Lykens
Under 5	2.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	21.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.1%
75 and over	4.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highspire	Lykens
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	81.4%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	14.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highspire	Lykens
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	48.1%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highspire	Lykens
Drove alone	80.2%	49.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	26.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	8.7%	18.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highspire	Lykens
1-unit, detached	38.6%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	20.1%	23.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	23.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	4.5%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Highspire	Lykens
Poverty rate	14.0%	22.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1964	1938