Grand Meadow vs Lyle

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Meadow and Lyle: population, income, housing, and more.

Grand Meadow and Lyle are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand Meadow has the higher population (954 vs 490 in Lyle). Grand Meadow has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $59,000 in Lyle). Grand Meadow has the higher median home value ($169,100 vs $105,400 in Lyle).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Meadow	Lyle
Population	954	490
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$59,000
Median home value	$169,100	$105,400
Median gross rent	$498	$442
Housing units	451	235
Homeownership rate	85.6%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Meadow	Lyle
Population	1,125 → 954 (-15.2%)	502 → 490 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$60,900 → $68,750 (+12.9%)	$43,750 → $59,000 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$112,100 → $169,100 (+50.8%)	$83,900 → $105,400 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $498 (-26.9%)	$650 → $442 (-32.0%)

Grand Meadow

Population

1,125954

Median household income

$60,900$68,750

Median home value

$112,100$169,100

Median gross rent

$681$498

Lyle

Population

502490

Median household income

$43,750$59,000

Median home value

$83,900$105,400

Median gross rent

$650$442

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Meadow	Lyle
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	12.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	19.8%
75 and over	9.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Meadow	Lyle
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Meadow	Lyle
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.8%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Meadow	Lyle
Drove alone	85.5%	67.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	15.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.4%
Other means	1.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Meadow	Lyle
1-unit, detached	75.4%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	18.3%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Meadow	Lyle
Poverty rate	7.5%	20.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1973	1959