Lyons vs Riverdale

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

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

Riverdale has the higher population (10,515 vs 10,391 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($64,209 vs $45,709 in Riverdale). Lyons has the higher median home value ($243,500 vs $104,800 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Riverdale
Population	10,391	10,515
Median age	41.9 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,209	$45,709
Median home value	$243,500	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,204
Housing units	4,476	5,225
Homeownership rate	64.7%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Riverdale
Population	10,470 → 10,391 (-0.8%)	12,793 → 10,515 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$60,168 → $64,209 (+6.7%)	$35,711 → $45,709 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$169,800 → $243,500 (+43.4%)	$79,000 → $104,800 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,154 (+18.2%)	$980 → $1,204 (+22.9%)

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

Riverdale

Population

12,79310,515

Median household income

$35,711$45,709

Median home value

$79,000$104,800

Median gross rent

$980$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Riverdale
Under 5	9.2%	11.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.7%
75 and over	9.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	3.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	88.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Riverdale
No high school diploma	16.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	28.8%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Riverdale
Drove alone	62.8%	63.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.7%
Public transit	7.5%	17.5%
Walked	3.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	7.4%
Other means	1.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	61.6%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	20.9%
20 or more units	4.7%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Riverdale
Poverty rate	9.1%	32.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1958	1957