Louisville vs Lyons

A side-by-side comparison of Louisville and Lyons: population, income, housing, and more.

Louisville and Lyons are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Louisville has the higher population (20,788 vs 1,927 in Lyons). Louisville has the higher median household income ($149,159 vs $132,589 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median home value ($855,000 vs $835,000 in Louisville).

Population, income & housing

	Louisville	Lyons
Population	20,788	1,927
Median age	41.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$149,159	$132,589
Median home value	$835,000	$855,000
Median gross rent	$2,069	$1,962
Housing units	8,304	792
Homeownership rate	70.9%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	76.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisville	Lyons
Population	20,860 → 20,788 (-0.3%)	2,228 → 1,927 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$103,017 → $149,159 (+44.8%)	$103,533 → $132,589 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$587,000 → $835,000 (+42.2%)	$577,200 → $855,000 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,607 → $2,069 (+28.7%)	$1,313 → $1,962 (+49.4%)

Louisville

Population

20,86020,788

Median household income

$103,017$149,159

Median home value

$587,000$835,000

Median gross rent

$1,607$2,069

Lyons

Population

2,2281,927

Median household income

$103,533$132,589

Median home value

$577,200$855,000

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Louisville	Lyons
Under 5	4.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	24.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	1.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	1.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	19.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	22.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.9%
75 and over	6.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisville	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisville	Lyons
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	9.3%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisville	Lyons
Drove alone	51.3%	52.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.1%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.4%	32.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisville	Lyons
1-unit, detached	66.5%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Louisville	Lyons
Poverty rate	4.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1991	1998