Erie vs Lyndon

A side-by-side comparison of Erie and Lyndon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erie has the higher population (1,658 vs 576 in Lyndon). Erie has the higher median household income ($86,750 vs $52,656 in Lyndon). Erie has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $108,300 in Lyndon).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Lyndon
Population	1,658	576
Median age	42.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,750	$52,656
Median home value	$147,300	$108,300
Median gross rent	$740	$1,146
Housing units	785	262
Homeownership rate	71.6%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Lyndon
Population	1,496 → 1,658 (+10.8%)	656 → 576 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $86,750 (+20.7%)	$41,823 → $52,656 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$130,000 → $147,300 (+13.3%)	$79,400 → $108,300 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $740 (+22.3%)	$850 → $1,146 (+34.8%)

Erie

Population

1,4961,658

Median household income

$71,875$86,750

Median home value

$130,000$147,300

Median gross rent

$605$740

Lyndon

Population

656576

Median household income

$41,823$52,656

Median home value

$79,400$108,300

Median gross rent

$850$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	Lyndon
Under 5	5.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	24.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.4%
75 and over	9.3%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Lyndon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Lyndon
No high school diploma	5.4%	13.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Lyndon
Drove alone	92.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Lyndon
1-unit, detached	86.5%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Lyndon
Poverty rate	6.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1967	1960