Lyons vs Summit

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

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

Summit has the higher population (10,896 vs 10,391 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($64,209 vs $60,417 in Summit). Lyons has the higher median home value ($243,500 vs $224,800 in Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Summit
Population	10,391	10,896
Median age	41.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,209	$60,417
Median home value	$243,500	$224,800
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,012
Housing units	4,476	3,934
Homeownership rate	64.7%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Summit
Population	10,470 → 10,391 (-0.8%)	11,260 → 10,896 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$60,168 → $64,209 (+6.7%)	$47,377 → $60,417 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$169,800 → $243,500 (+43.4%)	$170,800 → $224,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,154 (+18.2%)	$874 → $1,012 (+15.8%)

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

Summit

Population

11,26010,896

Median household income

$47,377$60,417

Median home value

$170,800$224,800

Median gross rent

$874$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Summit
Under 5	9.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.2%
75 and over	9.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	12.3%
Black or African American	2.9%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	75.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Summit
No high school diploma	16.8%	32.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Summit
Drove alone	62.8%	66.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	18.1%
Public transit	7.5%	9.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.6%	3.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Summit
1-unit, detached	61.6%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	29.3%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	8.9%
20 or more units	4.7%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Summit
Poverty rate	9.1%	12.0%
Average household size	2.51	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1958	1958