Hazel Park vs South Lyon

A side-by-side comparison of Hazel Park and South Lyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Hazel Park and South Lyon are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hazel Park has the higher population (14,945 vs 11,825 in South Lyon). South Lyon has the higher median household income ($83,822 vs $62,878 in Hazel Park). South Lyon has the higher median home value ($280,900 vs $141,200 in Hazel Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hazel Park	South Lyon
Population	14,945	11,825
Median age	36.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,878	$83,822
Median home value	$141,200	$280,900
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,208
Housing units	7,149	5,201
Homeownership rate	61.6%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazel Park	South Lyon
Population	16,525 → 14,945 (-9.6%)	11,788 → 11,825 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$38,903 → $62,878 (+61.6%)	$73,200 → $83,822 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $141,200 (+91.8%)	$192,100 → $280,900 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,221 (+24.8%)	$1,042 → $1,208 (+15.9%)

Hazel Park

Population

16,52514,945

Median household income

$38,903$62,878

Median home value

$73,600$141,200

Median gross rent

$978$1,221

South Lyon

Population

11,78811,825

Median household income

$73,200$83,822

Median home value

$192,100$280,900

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazel Park	South Lyon
Under 5	3.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	20.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.9%
75 and over	3.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazel Park	South Lyon
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	89.0%
Black or African American	9.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazel Park	South Lyon
No high school diploma	9.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazel Park	South Lyon
Drove alone	77.1%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.1%
Public transit	2.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.2%	11.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazel Park	South Lyon
1-unit, detached	86.4%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	16.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	14.1%
20 or more units	8.6%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Hazel Park	South Lyon
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1956	1991