Lyons vs Midland

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

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

Lyons has the higher population (862 vs 131 in Midland). Midland has the higher median household income ($75,540 vs $57,917 in Lyons). Since 2019, Lyons's population has grown faster (+27.5% vs -4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Midland
Population	862	131
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$75,540
Median home value	$76,300	—
Median gross rent	$824	—
Housing units	347	101
Homeownership rate	76.9%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	16.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Midland
Population	676 → 862 (+27.5%)	137 → 131 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$39,875 → $57,917 (+45.2%)	—
Median home value	$64,700 → $76,300 (+17.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$675 → $824 (+22.1%)	—

Lyons

Population

676862

Median household income

$39,875$57,917

Median home value

$64,700$76,300

Median gross rent

$675$824

Midland

Population

137131

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Midland
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.4%	22.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	44.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	20.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	0.0%
75 and over	13.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Midland
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Midland
No high school diploma	9.4%	12.3%
High school graduate	44.9%	87.7%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Midland
Drove alone	76.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Midland
1-unit, detached	73.5%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Midland
Poverty rate	14.4%	10.7%
Average household size	2.65	1.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1973	1938