Lykens vs Palmdale

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

Lykens and Palmdale 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 1,507 in Palmdale). Lykens has the higher median household income ($69,125 vs $60,449 in Palmdale). Palmdale has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $101,300 in Lykens).

Population, income & housing

	Lykens	Palmdale
Population	1,830	1,507
Median age	43.5 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,125	$60,449
Median home value	$101,300	$221,500
Median gross rent	$879	$1,385
Housing units	966	672
Homeownership rate	59.6%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lykens	Palmdale
Population	1,807 → 1,830 (+1.3%)	1,252 → 1,507 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$40,256 → $69,125 (+71.7%)	$60,313 → $60,449 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $101,300 (+30.2%)	$176,500 → $221,500 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $879 (+27.8%)	$958 → $1,385 (+44.6%)

Lykens

Population

1,8071,830

Median household income

$40,256$69,125

Median home value

$77,800$101,300

Median gross rent

$688$879

Palmdale

Population

1,2521,507

Median household income

$60,313$60,449

Median home value

$176,500$221,500

Median gross rent

$958$1,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lykens	Palmdale
Under 5	5.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	25.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	21.0%	22.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	5.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	7.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	5.9%
75 and over	9.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lykens	Palmdale
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	60.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	24.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lykens	Palmdale
No high school diploma	10.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	40.3%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lykens	Palmdale
Drove alone	49.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	26.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	8.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	3.3%	1.4%
Worked from home	18.5%	8.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lykens	Palmdale
1-unit, detached	57.0%	29.9%
1-unit, attached	23.5%	18.2%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	4.7%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Lykens	Palmdale
Poverty rate	22.6%	27.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1938	1976