Lyons vs Portland

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

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

Portland has the higher population (3,821 vs 862 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($67,054 vs $65,116 in Portland). Portland has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $112,500 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Portland
Population	862	3,821
Median age	36.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,054	$65,116
Median home value	$112,500	$165,000
Median gross rent	$1,070	$1,016
Housing units	291	1,590
Homeownership rate	79.1%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	19.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Portland
Population	935 → 862 (-7.8%)	3,923 → 3,821 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $67,054 (+24.8%)	$56,458 → $65,116 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$68,900 → $112,500 (+63.3%)	$124,700 → $165,000 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $1,070 (+42.1%)	$925 → $1,016 (+9.8%)

Lyons

Population

935862

Median household income

$53,750$67,054

Median home value

$68,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$753$1,070

Portland

Population

3,9233,821

Median household income

$56,458$65,116

Median home value

$124,700$165,000

Median gross rent

$925$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Portland
Under 5	6.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	20.4%
35 to 44	20.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	13.3%
75 and over	1.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Portland
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	52.0%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Portland
Drove alone	66.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	17.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.2%
Other means	9.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Portland
1-unit, detached	74.9%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Portland
Poverty rate	11.6%	6.7%
Average household size	3.16	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1947	1959