Harrisburg vs Lyons

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

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

Harrisburg has the higher population (3,675 vs 1,322 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $74,006 in Harrisburg). Lyons has the higher median home value ($456,200 vs $304,100 in Harrisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisburg	Lyons
Population	3,675	1,322
Median age	33.6 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,006	$87,500
Median home value	$304,100	$456,200
Median gross rent	$1,225	$1,167
Housing units	1,299	539
Homeownership rate	79.4%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisburg	Lyons
Population	3,799 → 3,675 (-3.3%)	1,059 → 1,322 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$41,870 → $74,006 (+76.8%)	$67,344 → $87,500 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$169,300 → $304,100 (+79.6%)	$208,300 → $456,200 (+119.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,118 → $1,225 (+9.6%)	$794 → $1,167 (+47.0%)

Harrisburg

Population

3,7993,675

Median household income

$41,870$74,006

Median home value

$169,300$304,100

Median gross rent

$1,118$1,225

Lyons

Population

1,0591,322

Median household income

$67,344$87,500

Median home value

$208,300$456,200

Median gross rent

$794$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisburg	Lyons
Under 5	9.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	18.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	18.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	6.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	17.5%
65 to 74	4.2%	20.4%
75 and over	3.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisburg	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisburg	Lyons
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	32.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	49.4%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisburg	Lyons
Drove alone	65.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	25.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.0%
Other means	2.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisburg	Lyons
1-unit, detached	57.8%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Harrisburg	Lyons
Poverty rate	7.3%	17.0%
Average household size	2.88	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1984	1988