Darien vs Lyons

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

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

Lyons has the higher population (1,206 vs 1,175 in Darien). Lyons has the higher median household income ($94,483 vs $65,893 in Darien). Lyons has the higher median home value ($284,300 vs $197,200 in Darien).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Lyons
Population	1,175	1,206
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$94,483
Median home value	$197,200	$284,300
Median gross rent	$831	$1,612
Housing units	544	446
Homeownership rate	84.2%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Lyons
Population	1,704 → 1,175 (-31.0%)	1,117 → 1,206 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $65,893 (-10.1%)	$90,694 → $94,483 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $197,200 (+29.7%)	$260,300 → $284,300 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $831 (-19.6%)	$1,125 → $1,612 (+43.3%)

Darien

Population

1,7041,175

Median household income

$73,333$65,893

Median home value

$152,100$197,200

Median gross rent

$1,033$831

Lyons

Population

1,1171,206

Median household income

$90,694$94,483

Median home value

$260,300$284,300

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Lyons
Under 5	5.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	2.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	7.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.4%
75 and over	3.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Lyons
No high school diploma	10.1%	11.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Lyons
Drove alone	86.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	21.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Lyons
1-unit, detached	76.3%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Lyons
Poverty rate	10.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1973	1991