Lyons vs Owensburg

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

Lyons and Owensburg 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 231 in Owensburg). Lyons has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $39,940 in Owensburg). Since 2019, Lyons's population has grown faster (+27.5% vs -52.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Owensburg
Population	862	231
Median age	42.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$39,940
Median home value	$76,300	—
Median gross rent	$824	—
Housing units	347	141
Homeownership rate	76.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Owensburg
Population	676 → 862 (+27.5%)	483 → 231 (-52.2%)
Median household income	$39,875 → $57,917 (+45.2%)	$64,474 → $39,940 (-38.1%)
Median home value	$64,700 → $76,300 (+17.9%)	$91,800 → $9,999 (-89.1%)
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

Owensburg

Population

483231

Median household income

$64,474$39,940

Median home value

$91,800$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Owensburg
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	3.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.4%	22.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	22.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	18.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	18.6%
75 and over	13.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Owensburg
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	Owensburg
No high school diploma	9.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Owensburg
Drove alone	76.1%	51.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	48.2%
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	Owensburg
1-unit, detached	73.5%	44.7%
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%	55.3%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Owensburg
Poverty rate	14.4%	19.0%
Average household size	2.65	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1973	1977