Lykens vs Williamstown

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

Lykens and Williamstown 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 1,289 in Williamstown). Lykens has the higher median household income ($69,125 vs $61,875 in Williamstown). Lykens has the higher median home value ($101,300 vs $95,200 in Williamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Lykens	Williamstown
Population	1,830	1,289
Median age	43.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,125	$61,875
Median home value	$101,300	$95,200
Median gross rent	$879	$917
Housing units	966	612
Homeownership rate	59.6%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lykens	Williamstown
Population	1,807 → 1,830 (+1.3%)	1,234 → 1,289 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$40,256 → $69,125 (+71.7%)	$47,679 → $61,875 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $101,300 (+30.2%)	$72,600 → $95,200 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $879 (+27.8%)	$658 → $917 (+39.4%)

Lykens

Population

1,8071,830

Median household income

$40,256$69,125

Median home value

$77,800$101,300

Median gross rent

$688$879

Williamstown

Population

1,2341,289

Median household income

$47,679$61,875

Median home value

$72,600$95,200

Median gross rent

$658$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lykens	Williamstown
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	21.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.1%
75 and over	9.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lykens	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lykens	Williamstown
No high school diploma	10.7%	12.0%
High school graduate	40.3%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lykens	Williamstown
Drove alone	49.5%	66.9%
Carpooled	26.2%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	6.9%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	7.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lykens	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	57.0%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	23.5%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	8.5%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Lykens	Williamstown
Poverty rate	22.6%	22.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938