† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLyonsIllinoisUnited States
Mexican37.7%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican5.1%1.7%1.8%
Ecuadorian1.1%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.9%0.3%0.5%
Colombian0.8%0.3%0.4%
Cuban0.6%0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.6%——
Honduran0.4%0.2%0.3%
German11.7%16.1%12.5%
Irish11.0%10.6%9.4%
Polish9.1%6.0%2.2%
Italian6.3%5.4%4.8%
English4.7%6.9%9.5%
American2.9%3.3%5.3%
Swedish1.6%1.5%—
Russian1.3%——
African American†1.5%12.1%9.9%
Asian Indian0.9%2.1%1.4%
Chinese0.6%1.0%1.3%
Filipino0.5%1.0%0.9%
Korean0.3%0.4%0.4%
Pakistani0.2%0.3%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lyons
Illinois
United States
Median age
40.8
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.9%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lyons
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$70,993
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.0%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.4%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lyons
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
52.0%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
40.8%
14.0%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
4.9%
2.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
5.0%
2.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lyons
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lyons, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+14.1%
2008
+29.4%
2012
+32.5%
2016
+26.4%
2020
+23.5%
2024
+9.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
54.3%Harris2,072
44.3%Trump1,693
1.4%
D+9.9
R+13.6
D+11.4
3,819
D
60.8%Biden2,554
37.3%Trump1,566
1.9%
D+23.5
R+2.8
D+19.1
4,199
D
60.2%Clinton2,396
33.8%Trump1,347
6.0%
D+26.4
R+6.2
D+24.3
3,980
D
65.5%Obama2,172
33.0%Romney1,093
1.5%
D+32.5
D+3.1
D+28.7
3,316
D
63.8%Obama2,359
34.4%McCain1,271
1.8%
D+29.4
D+15.4
D+22.2
3,696
D
57.0%Kerry2,077
43.0%Bush1,565
0.0%
D+14.1
—
D+16.5
3,643
Lyons sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 13.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.9 points.
A population of 10,339, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,993 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin Park and Northlake.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Lyons, Illinois voted Democratic by 9.9 points (D+9.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,819 votes cast, 2,072 went Democratic and 1,693 went Republican.
How many people live in Lyons, Illinois?
Lyons, Illinois has a population of 10,339 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lyons, Illinois?
Median household income in Lyons, Illinois is $70,993 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Lyons, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lyons, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
