Lyons vs Sharon

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

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

Sharon has the higher population (1,567 vs 1,206 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($94,483 vs $63,250 in Sharon). Lyons has the higher median home value ($284,300 vs $187,500 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Sharon
Population	1,206	1,567
Median age	41.4 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$94,483	$63,250
Median home value	$284,300	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,612	$998
Housing units	446	632
Homeownership rate	89.9%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Sharon
Population	1,117 → 1,206 (+8.0%)	1,609 → 1,567 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$90,694 → $94,483 (+4.2%)	$46,513 → $63,250 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $284,300 (+9.2%)	$143,700 → $187,500 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,612 (+43.3%)	$793 → $998 (+25.9%)

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

Sharon

Population

1,6091,567

Median household income

$46,513$63,250

Median home value

$143,700$187,500

Median gross rent

$793$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Sharon
Under 5	7.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	15.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.2%
75 and over	9.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	68.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	27.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Sharon
No high school diploma	11.0%	17.5%
High school graduate	35.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Sharon
Drove alone	78.5%	85.2%
Carpooled	21.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Sharon
1-unit, detached	87.7%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Sharon
Poverty rate	12.4%	10.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1991	1971