Lyons vs Saranac

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

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

Saranac has the higher population (1,973 vs 862 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($67,054 vs $64,157 in Saranac). Saranac has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $112,500 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Saranac
Population	862	1,973
Median age	36.9 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,054	$64,157
Median home value	$112,500	$183,300
Median gross rent	$1,070	$415
Housing units	291	760
Homeownership rate	79.1%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	19.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Saranac
Population	935 → 862 (-7.8%)	1,409 → 1,973 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $67,054 (+24.8%)	$47,159 → $64,157 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$68,900 → $112,500 (+63.3%)	$109,200 → $183,300 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $1,070 (+42.1%)	$460 → $415 (-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

Saranac

Population

1,4091,973

Median household income

$47,159$64,157

Median home value

$109,200$183,300

Median gross rent

$460$415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Saranac
Under 5	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	17.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	20.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	18.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.9%
75 and over	1.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Saranac
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Saranac
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	52.0%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Saranac
Drove alone	66.7%	82.9%
Carpooled	17.6%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	13.4%
Other means	9.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Saranac
1-unit, detached	74.9%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Saranac
Poverty rate	11.6%	13.0%
Average household size	3.16	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1947	1968