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Lewis town, Lewis County, NY

801 Population
64.4 square miles 12.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±10.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lewis County: 42 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,501 ±$3,928 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lewis County: $32,690 ±$1,004
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$86,379 ±$5,502 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lewis County: $68,329 ±$3,456
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

4.6% ±3.4% (37  ±28) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lewis County: 12.3% † 3,230 (±1.5% / ±385)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

31.3 minutes ±3.3 (13,005  ±3,672) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lewis County: 24.2 263,155 (±1.3 / ±15,813)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

286 ±59 Number of households
  • Lewis County: 10,958 ±245
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.8 ±0.1 (801  ±169) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lewis County: 2.4 26,249 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

424 ±72 Number of housing units
  • Lewis County: 15,572 ±41
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$166,100 ±$46,881 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Lewis County: $158,000 ±$6,207
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

11.4% ±9% (91  ±74.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lewis County: 7.6% † 2,012 (±1.1% / ±280.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.8% ±24.9% (476  ±83.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lewis County: 91.4% 16,881 (±3% / ±549)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
16% ±6.1% (82  ±35.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lewis County: 19.4% 3,586 (±1.5% / ±269.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.4% ±1.3% (11  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lewis County: 1.2% 323
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.4% ±3.4% (46  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lewis County: 8.5% 1,729 (±0.7% / ±149)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
46 Total veterans ±23 43 Male ±22 3 Female ±4

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