Lykens vs Paxtang

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

Lykens and Paxtang 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 1,617 in Paxtang). Paxtang has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $69,125 in Lykens). Paxtang has the higher median home value ($179,900 vs $101,300 in Lykens).

Population, income & housing

	Lykens	Paxtang
Population	1,830	1,617
Median age	43.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,125	$83,571
Median home value	$101,300	$179,900
Median gross rent	$879	$1,085
Housing units	966	694
Homeownership rate	59.6%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lykens	Paxtang
Population	1,807 → 1,830 (+1.3%)	1,726 → 1,617 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$40,256 → $69,125 (+71.7%)	$73,015 → $83,571 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $101,300 (+30.2%)	$145,500 → $179,900 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $879 (+27.8%)	$972 → $1,085 (+11.6%)

Lykens

Population

1,8071,830

Median household income

$40,256$69,125

Median home value

$77,800$101,300

Median gross rent

$688$879

Paxtang

Population

1,7261,617

Median household income

$73,015$83,571

Median home value

$145,500$179,900

Median gross rent

$972$1,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lykens	Paxtang
Under 5	5.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	21.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.6%
75 and over	9.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lykens	Paxtang
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	64.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	12.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	14.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lykens	Paxtang
No high school diploma	10.7%	8.9%
High school graduate	40.3%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lykens	Paxtang
Drove alone	49.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	26.2%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	2.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	14.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lykens	Paxtang
1-unit, detached	57.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	23.5%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lykens	Paxtang
Poverty rate	22.6%	9.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938