Flossmoor vs Lyons

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

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

Lyons has the higher population (10,391 vs 9,666 in Flossmoor). Flossmoor has the higher median household income ($137,768 vs $64,209 in Lyons). Flossmoor has the higher median home value ($309,100 vs $243,500 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Flossmoor	Lyons
Population	9,666	10,391
Median age	44.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$137,768	$64,209
Median home value	$309,100	$243,500
Median gross rent	$2,191	$1,154
Housing units	3,809	4,476
Homeownership rate	95.9%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.0%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flossmoor	Lyons
Population	9,472 → 9,666 (+2.0%)	10,470 → 10,391 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$115,288 → $137,768 (+19.5%)	$60,168 → $64,209 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$239,500 → $309,100 (+29.1%)	$169,800 → $243,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,021 → $2,191 (+8.4%)	$976 → $1,154 (+18.2%)

Flossmoor

Population

9,4729,666

Median household income

$115,288$137,768

Median home value

$239,500$309,100

Median gross rent

$2,021$2,191

Lyons

Population

10,47010,391

Median household income

$60,168$64,209

Median home value

$169,800$243,500

Median gross rent

$976$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flossmoor	Lyons
Under 5	5.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	17.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.2%
75 and over	5.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flossmoor	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	46.0%
Black or African American	62.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	48.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flossmoor	Lyons
No high school diploma	0.9%	16.8%
High school graduate	8.7%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	32.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flossmoor	Lyons
Drove alone	45.4%	62.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	10.0%
Public transit	14.5%	7.5%
Walked	0.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.7%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flossmoor	Lyons
1-unit, detached	84.7%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	18.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flossmoor	Lyons
Poverty rate	2.9%	9.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1967	1958