Decatur vs Lyons

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

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

Lyons has the higher population (751 vs 552 in Decatur). Decatur has the higher median household income ($49,028 vs $38,333 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median home value ($101,100 vs $78,800 in Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur	Lyons
Population	552	751
Median age	50.5 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,028	$38,333
Median home value	$78,800	$101,100
Median gross rent	$433	$705
Housing units	342	429
Homeownership rate	77.8%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur	Lyons
Population	377 → 552 (+46.4%)	818 → 751 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$36,528 → $49,028 (+34.2%)	$44,917 → $38,333 (-14.7%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $78,800 (+0.4%)	$72,400 → $101,100 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $433 (-12.3%)	$561 → $705 (+25.7%)

Decatur

Population

377552

Median household income

$36,528$49,028

Median home value

$78,500$78,800

Median gross rent

$494$433

Lyons

Population

818751

Median household income

$44,917$38,333

Median home value

$72,400$101,100

Median gross rent

$561$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur	Lyons
Under 5	1.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	2.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	4.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	19.2%	6.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	19.4%	19.7%
75 and over	9.1%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur	Lyons
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	49.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur	Lyons
Drove alone	72.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	11.2%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur	Lyons
1-unit, detached	75.7%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Decatur	Lyons
Poverty rate	15.4%	21.4%
Average household size	2.11	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1958	1954