Hanksville vs Lyman

A side-by-side comparison of Hanksville and Lyman: population, income, housing, and more.

Hanksville and Lyman are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lyman has the higher population (235 vs 203 in Hanksville). Lyman has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $37,614 in Hanksville). Lyman has the higher median home value ($371,900 vs $97,300 in Hanksville).

Population, income & housing

	Hanksville	Lyman
Population	203	235
Median age	48.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,614	$50,625
Median home value	$97,300	$371,900
Median gross rent	$1,045	—
Housing units	124	118
Homeownership rate	56.2%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanksville	Lyman
Population	270 → 203 (-24.8%)	307 → 235 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$39,286 → $37,614 (-4.3%)	$55,341 → $50,625 (-8.5%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $97,300 (-56.8%)	$219,400 → $371,900 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $1,045 (+97.2%)	—

Hanksville

Population

270203

Median household income

$39,286$37,614

Median home value

$225,000$97,300

Median gross rent

$530$1,045

Lyman

Population

307235

Median household income

$55,341$50,625

Median home value

$219,400$371,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanksville	Lyman
Under 5	4.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	16.3%	2.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	21.7%
35 to 44	0.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	21.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	1.7%
75 and over	10.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanksville	Lyman
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanksville	Lyman
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	21.1%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	74.2%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanksville	Lyman
Drove alone	56.3%	70.2%
Carpooled	32.4%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	28.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanksville	Lyman
1-unit, detached	71.8%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Hanksville	Lyman
Poverty rate	14.8%	42.1%
Average household size	1.89	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1995	1969