Lyons vs Mill City

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

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

Mill City has the higher population (1,876 vs 1,322 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($87,500 vs $70,000 in Mill City). Lyons has the higher median home value ($456,200 vs $289,900 in Mill City).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Mill City
Population	1,322	1,876
Median age	50.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$70,000
Median home value	$456,200	$289,900
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,204
Housing units	539	791
Homeownership rate	88.3%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Mill City
Population	1,059 → 1,322 (+24.8%)	1,839 → 1,876 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$67,344 → $87,500 (+29.9%)	$53,243 → $70,000 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$208,300 → $456,200 (+119.0%)	$174,700 → $289,900 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,167 (+47.0%)	$912 → $1,204 (+32.0%)

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

Mill City

Population

1,8391,876

Median household income

$53,243$70,000

Median home value

$174,700$289,900

Median gross rent

$912$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Mill City
Under 5	6.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	20.4%	9.9%
75 and over	7.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Mill City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Mill City
No high school diploma	4.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Mill City
Drove alone	77.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	3.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	10.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Mill City
1-unit, detached	86.1%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Mill City
Poverty rate	17.0%	17.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1988	1969