Lyons vs Tekamah

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

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

Tekamah has the higher population (1,691 vs 751 in Lyons). Tekamah has the higher median household income ($54,139 vs $38,333 in Lyons). Tekamah has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $101,100 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Tekamah
Population	751	1,691
Median age	56.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,333	$54,139
Median home value	$101,100	$113,900
Median gross rent	$705	$677
Housing units	429	780
Homeownership rate	77.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Tekamah
Population	818 → 751 (-8.2%)	1,802 → 1,691 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$44,917 → $38,333 (-14.7%)	$54,250 → $54,139 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $101,100 (+39.6%)	$94,700 → $113,900 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $705 (+25.7%)	$630 → $677 (+7.5%)

Lyons

Population

818751

Median household income

$44,917$38,333

Median home value

$72,400$101,100

Median gross rent

$561$705

Tekamah

Population

1,8021,691

Median household income

$54,250$54,139

Median home value

$94,700$113,900

Median gross rent

$630$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Tekamah
Under 5	2.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	2.5%	3.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	6.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	19.7%	14.2%
75 and over	17.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Tekamah
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Tekamah
No high school diploma	9.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Tekamah
Drove alone	79.9%	74.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Tekamah
1-unit, detached	86.9%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Tekamah
Poverty rate	21.4%	20.9%
Average household size	1.85	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1954	1963