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Lyme town, Jefferson County, NY

2,059 Population
55.9 square miles 36.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Jefferson County: 33.2 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,323 ±$3,771 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $34,603 ±$1,038
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$77,935 ±$5,148 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $64,978 ±$2,730
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

9.7% ±4% (196  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson County: 13.4% 14,832 (±1.3% / ±1,454)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

27.2 minutes ±4.1 (18,270  ±4,663) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jefferson County: 19.6 990,790 (±0.6 / ±36,365)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

818 ±99 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 46,701 ±714
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.1 (2,043  ±274) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 111,226 (±0 / ±250)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

3.1% ±2.8% (10  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Jefferson County: 6.4% † 1,619 (±1.2% / ±309)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,259 ±153 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 61,721 ±128
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$232,300 ±$19,810 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Jefferson County: $181,000 ±$4,352
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

5.6% ±3.5% (114  ±72.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jefferson County: 19.5% 22,350 (±1.5% / ±1,691.9)
  • about half the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

98.1% ±16.4% (1,465  ±158.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 91.3% 68,151 (±2.2% / ±1,645.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
34% ±4.6% (508  ±94.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jefferson County: 25.7% 19,164 (±1.2% / ±929.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±2.3% (79  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 4.7% 5,424
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

14.8% ±4.4% (225  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 12.3% 9,485 (±0.8% / ±623)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
225 Total veterans ±73 213 Male ±73 12 Female ±11

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