Lykens vs Millersburg

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

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

Millersburg has the higher population (2,538 vs 1,830 in Lykens). Lykens has the higher median household income ($69,125 vs $65,190 in Millersburg). Millersburg has the higher median home value ($123,500 vs $101,300 in Lykens).

Population, income & housing

	Lykens	Millersburg
Population	1,830	2,538
Median age	43.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,125	$65,190
Median home value	$101,300	$123,500
Median gross rent	$879	$826
Housing units	966	1,257
Homeownership rate	59.6%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lykens	Millersburg
Population	1,807 → 1,830 (+1.3%)	2,519 → 2,538 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$40,256 → $69,125 (+71.7%)	$51,324 → $65,190 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $101,300 (+30.2%)	$101,300 → $123,500 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $879 (+27.8%)	$641 → $826 (+28.9%)

Lykens

Population

1,8071,830

Median household income

$40,256$69,125

Median home value

$77,800$101,300

Median gross rent

$688$879

Millersburg

Population

2,5192,538

Median household income

$51,324$65,190

Median home value

$101,300$123,500

Median gross rent

$641$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lykens	Millersburg
Under 5	5.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	21.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	5.0%
75 and over	9.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lykens	Millersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.5%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lykens	Millersburg
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	40.3%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lykens	Millersburg
Drove alone	49.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	26.2%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lykens	Millersburg
1-unit, detached	57.0%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	23.5%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	4.7%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lykens	Millersburg
Poverty rate	22.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1938	1954