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Lyons, CO

1,838 Population
1.4 square miles 1,347.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$59,352 ±$10,606 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $62,436 ±$1,617
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$122,837 ±$37,933 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $103,994 ±$2,268
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±9.1% (218  ±173) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 11.2% 35,257 (±0.6% / ±1,914)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±15.2 (9,005  ±3,767) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 22.3 2,683,095 (±0.4 / ±80,028)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

747 ±156 Number of households
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 137,008 ±795
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0 (1,838  ±385) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 2.3 315,350 (±0 / ±177)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±3.9% (9  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 3% † 2,465 (±0.5% / ±436)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

762 ±154 Number of housing units
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 144,729 ±121
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$845,400 ±$62,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $756,300 ±$14,324
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.5% ±3.2% (101  ±62.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 21% 68,719 (±1% / ±3,173.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.8% ±28.6% (1,277  ±237.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 95.8% 211,412 (±1.4% / ±3,158.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
75.3% ±2.3% (964  ±212.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 64.2% 141,546 (±1.1% / ±2,425.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±4.3% (83  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 10.1% 33,259
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±3.7% (80  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 4.3% 11,593 (±0.3% / ±709)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
80 Total veterans ±51 68 Male ±47 12 Female ±19

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