Lyons vs Potter Lake

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

Lyons and Potter Lake 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 766 in Potter Lake). Lyons has the higher median household income ($94,483 vs $93,864 in Potter Lake). Lyons has the higher median home value ($284,300 vs $279,400 in Potter Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Potter Lake
Population	1,206	766
Median age	41.4 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,483	$93,864
Median home value	$284,300	$279,400
Median gross rent	$1,612	—
Housing units	446	422
Homeownership rate	89.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Potter Lake
Population	1,117 → 1,206 (+8.0%)	1,032 → 766 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$90,694 → $94,483 (+4.2%)	$79,038 → $93,864 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $284,300 (+9.2%)	$264,500 → $279,400 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,612 (+43.3%)	—

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

Potter Lake

Population

1,032766

Median household income

$79,038$93,864

Median home value

$264,500$279,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Potter Lake
Under 5	7.0%	8.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	8.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	6.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	21.1%
75 and over	9.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Potter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Potter Lake
No high school diploma	11.0%	0.2%
High school graduate	35.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Potter Lake
Drove alone	78.5%	86.2%
Carpooled	21.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Potter Lake
1-unit, detached	87.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Potter Lake
Poverty rate	12.4%	1.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1991	1963