Lyons vs Nederland

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

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

Lyons has the higher population (1,927 vs 1,523 in Nederland). Lyons has the higher median household income ($132,589 vs $103,452 in Nederland). Lyons has the higher median home value ($855,000 vs $631,100 in Nederland).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Nederland
Population	1,927	1,523
Median age	44.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$132,589	$103,452
Median home value	$855,000	$631,100
Median gross rent	$1,962	$1,469
Housing units	792	691
Homeownership rate	79.9%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.2%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Nederland
Population	2,228 → 1,927 (-13.5%)	1,336 → 1,523 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$103,533 → $132,589 (+28.1%)	$61,161 → $103,452 (+69.1%)
Median home value	$577,200 → $855,000 (+48.1%)	$431,500 → $631,100 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,962 (+49.4%)	$1,168 → $1,469 (+25.8%)

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

Nederland

Population

1,3361,523

Median household income

$61,161$103,452

Median home value

$431,500$631,100

Median gross rent

$1,168$1,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Nederland
Under 5	3.8%	10.6%
5 to 17	24.2%	11.4%
18 to 24	1.9%	1.6%
25 to 34	1.7%	16.2%
35 to 44	19.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	22.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	25.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.6%
75 and over	3.1%	0.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Nederland
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Nederland
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	7.0%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.4%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Nederland
Drove alone	52.4%	41.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	4.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.5%	46.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Nederland
1-unit, detached	82.6%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Nederland
Poverty rate	8.7%	2.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1998	1976