Lyons vs Mount Aetna

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

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

Mount Aetna has the higher population (509 vs 490 in Lyons). Mount Aetna has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $53,750 in Lyons). Mount Aetna has the higher median home value ($326,500 vs $170,200 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Mount Aetna
Population	490	509
Median age	47.8 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$79,375
Median home value	$170,200	$326,500
Median gross rent	$1,071	—
Housing units	245	204
Homeownership rate	70.2%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Mount Aetna
Population	459 → 490 (+6.8%)	368 → 509 (+38.3%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $53,750 (-3.7%)	$44,250 → $79,375 (+79.4%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $170,200 (+38.5%)	$157,500 → $326,500 (+107.3%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,071 (+19.0%)	$955 → $1,114 (+16.6%)

Lyons

Population

459490

Median household income

$55,833$53,750

Median home value

$122,900$170,200

Median gross rent

$900$1,071

Mount Aetna

Population

368509

Median household income

$44,250$79,375

Median home value

$157,500$326,500

Median gross rent

$955$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Mount Aetna
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	32.8%
55 to 64	22.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.4%
75 and over	6.7%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Mount Aetna
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Mount Aetna
No high school diploma	4.9%	27.1%
High school graduate	63.7%	54.9%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	8.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Mount Aetna
Drove alone	77.4%	77.8%
Carpooled	13.7%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	3.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Mount Aetna
1-unit, detached	63.3%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Mount Aetna
Poverty rate	9.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.03	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1953	1966