Ionia vs Lyons

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

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

Ionia has the higher population (12,950 vs 862 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($67,054 vs $60,729 in Ionia). Ionia has the higher median home value ($161,100 vs $112,500 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Ionia	Lyons
Population	12,950	862
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,729	$67,054
Median home value	$161,100	$112,500
Median gross rent	$789	$1,070
Housing units	3,981	291
Homeownership rate	60.4%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	19.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ionia	Lyons
Population	11,147 → 12,950 (+16.2%)	935 → 862 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$48,902 → $60,729 (+24.2%)	$53,750 → $67,054 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $161,100 (+65.1%)	$68,900 → $112,500 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $789 (-3.0%)	$753 → $1,070 (+42.1%)

Ionia

Population

11,14712,950

Median household income

$48,902$60,729

Median home value

$97,600$161,100

Median gross rent

$813$789

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)

	Ionia	Lyons
Under 5	5.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	10.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.8%
25 to 34	22.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	17.3%	20.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.3%
75 and over	3.9%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ionia	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	73.4%
Black or African American	14.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	14.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ionia	Lyons
No high school diploma	13.8%	9.0%
High school graduate	43.5%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ionia	Lyons
Drove alone	67.7%	66.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	17.6%
Public transit	7.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.4%
Other means	1.7%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ionia	Lyons
1-unit, detached	65.6%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Ionia	Lyons
Poverty rate	16.4%	11.6%
Average household size	2.56	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1948	1947