Lyons vs Muir

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

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

Lyons has the higher population (862 vs 637 in Muir). Lyons has the higher median household income ($67,054 vs $51,667 in Muir). Muir has the higher median home value ($132,200 vs $112,500 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Muir
Population	862	637
Median age	36.9 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,054	$51,667
Median home value	$112,500	$132,200
Median gross rent	$1,070	$543
Housing units	291	256
Homeownership rate	79.1%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	19.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Muir
Population	935 → 862 (-7.8%)	733 → 637 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $67,054 (+24.8%)	$36,250 → $51,667 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$68,900 → $112,500 (+63.3%)	$60,600 → $132,200 (+118.2%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $1,070 (+42.1%)	$420 → $543 (+29.3%)

Lyons

Population

935862

Median household income

$53,750$67,054

Median home value

$68,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$753$1,070

Muir

Population

733637

Median household income

$36,250$51,667

Median home value

$60,600$132,200

Median gross rent

$420$543

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Muir
Under 5	6.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	18.4%
35 to 44	20.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	4.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.3%
75 and over	1.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Muir
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Muir
No high school diploma	9.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	52.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Muir
Drove alone	66.7%	87.2%
Carpooled	17.6%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	9.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Muir
1-unit, detached	74.9%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	18.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Muir
Poverty rate	11.6%	7.2%
Average household size	3.16	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1947	1967