Lyons vs Somerville

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

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

Somerville has the higher population (1,347 vs 454 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($96,563 vs $64,013 in Somerville). Lyons has the higher median home value ($230,200 vs $143,600 in Somerville).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Somerville
Population	454	1,347
Median age	12.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,563	$64,013
Median home value	$230,200	$143,600
Median gross rent	—	$748
Housing units	104	760
Homeownership rate	68.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Somerville
Population	488 → 454 (-7.0%)	1,473 → 1,347 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$82,315 → $96,563 (+17.3%)	$41,944 → $64,013 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$427,500 → $230,200 (-46.2%)	$77,400 → $143,600 (+85.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$718 → $748 (+4.2%)

Lyons

Population

488454

Median household income

$82,315$96,563

Median home value

$427,500$230,200

Somerville

Population

1,4731,347

Median household income

$41,944$64,013

Median home value

$77,400$143,600

Median gross rent

$718$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Somerville
Under 5	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	58.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	23.3%	19.1%
45 to 54	2.4%	5.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	19.8%
75 and over	9.7%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	33.9%	37.3%
Black or African American	66.1%	25.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Somerville
No high school diploma	12.6%	18.7%
High school graduate	11.6%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Somerville
Drove alone	100.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Somerville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Somerville
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.3%
Average household size	4.37	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	38	24
Median year structure built	1994	1973