Linton vs Lyons

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

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

Linton has the higher population (5,153 vs 862 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $41,968 in Linton). Linton has the higher median home value ($86,800 vs $76,300 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Linton	Lyons
Population	5,153	862
Median age	36.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,968	$57,917
Median home value	$86,800	$76,300
Median gross rent	$791	$824
Housing units	2,643	347
Homeownership rate	61.1%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linton	Lyons
Population	5,244 → 5,153 (-1.7%)	676 → 862 (+27.5%)
Median household income	$34,842 → $41,968 (+20.5%)	$39,875 → $57,917 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $86,800 (+28.4%)	$64,700 → $76,300 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $791 (+31.6%)	$675 → $824 (+22.1%)

Linton

Population

5,2445,153

Median household income

$34,842$41,968

Median home value

$67,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$601$791

Lyons

Population

676862

Median household income

$39,875$57,917

Median home value

$64,700$76,300

Median gross rent

$675$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linton	Lyons
Under 5	4.7%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	17.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	5.7%
75 and over	9.2%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linton	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linton	Lyons
No high school diploma	17.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	33.5%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linton	Lyons
Drove alone	84.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	6.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linton	Lyons
1-unit, detached	70.0%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Linton	Lyons
Poverty rate	19.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1961	1973