Belding vs Lyons

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

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

Belding has the higher population (5,949 vs 862 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($67,054 vs $55,895 in Belding). Belding has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $112,500 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Belding	Lyons
Population	5,949	862
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,895	$67,054
Median home value	$152,700	$112,500
Median gross rent	$693	$1,070
Housing units	2,280	291
Homeownership rate	67.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	19.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belding	Lyons
Population	5,718 → 5,949 (+4.0%)	935 → 862 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$41,812 → $55,895 (+33.7%)	$53,750 → $67,054 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $152,700 (+63.7%)	$68,900 → $112,500 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $693 (+0.1%)	$753 → $1,070 (+42.1%)

Belding

Population

5,7185,949

Median household income

$41,812$55,895

Median home value

$93,300$152,700

Median gross rent

$692$693

Lyons

Population

935862

Median household income

$53,750$67,054

Median home value

$68,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$753$1,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belding	Lyons
Under 5	4.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	11.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	18.1%	20.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.3%
75 and over	5.4%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belding	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	73.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	14.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belding	Lyons
No high school diploma	11.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	40.3%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belding	Lyons
Drove alone	87.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	17.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belding	Lyons
1-unit, detached	70.2%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Belding	Lyons
Poverty rate	17.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.71	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1954	1947