Lyons vs Tangent

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

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

Lyons has the higher population (1,322 vs 1,303 in Tangent). Tangent has the higher median household income ($99,750 vs $87,500 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median home value ($456,200 vs $301,300 in Tangent).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Tangent
Population	1,322	1,303
Median age	50.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,500	$99,750
Median home value	$456,200	$301,300
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,827
Housing units	539	475
Homeownership rate	88.3%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Tangent
Population	1,059 → 1,322 (+24.8%)	1,414 → 1,303 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$67,344 → $87,500 (+29.9%)	$64,500 → $99,750 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$208,300 → $456,200 (+119.0%)	$240,100 → $301,300 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,167 (+47.0%)	$1,293 → $1,827 (+41.3%)

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

Tangent

Population

1,4141,303

Median household income

$64,500$99,750

Median home value

$240,100$301,300

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Tangent
Under 5	6.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	20.4%	9.2%
75 and over	7.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Tangent
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Tangent
No high school diploma	4.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Tangent
Drove alone	77.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	11.5%
Other means	2.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Tangent
1-unit, detached	86.1%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	40.6%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Tangent
Poverty rate	17.0%	16.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1988	1995