Lyons vs Sterling

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

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

Lyons has the higher population (3,562 vs 2,396 in Sterling). Lyons has the higher median household income ($66,769 vs $51,304 in Sterling). Sterling has the higher median home value ($130,200 vs $104,200 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Sterling
Population	3,562	2,396
Median age	38.4 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,769	$51,304
Median home value	$104,200	$130,200
Median gross rent	$739	$618
Housing units	1,826	934
Homeownership rate	71.5%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Sterling
Population	3,564 → 3,562 (-0.1%)	2,596 → 2,396 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$54,342 → $66,769 (+22.9%)	$47,563 → $51,304 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $104,200 (+45.1%)	$83,400 → $130,200 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $739 (+25.7%)	$572 → $618 (+8.0%)

Lyons

Population

3,5643,562

Median household income

$54,342$66,769

Median home value

$71,800$104,200

Median gross rent

$588$739

Sterling

Population

2,5962,396

Median household income

$47,563$51,304

Median home value

$83,400$130,200

Median gross rent

$572$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Sterling
Under 5	4.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	26.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	6.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.8%
75 and over	5.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	85.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Sterling
No high school diploma	9.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Sterling
Drove alone	83.2%	69.2%
Carpooled	14.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	16.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	1.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Sterling
1-unit, detached	84.9%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Sterling
Poverty rate	8.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1955	1955