Best PlacesLyons, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lyons, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lyons ranks 7,039th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lyons
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Lyons' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lyons ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$108,918 median, better than 89% of towns
Where Lyons ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,055 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lyons
A household needs to earn about $116,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lyons home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $108,918; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Lyons' effective rate of 1.11%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lyons
Lyons runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lyons.
Who works in Lyons, and how
Work in Lyons centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Lyons
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lyons.
What the weather is like in Lyons, month by month
Lyons sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Lyons
General Mitchell International sits about 31 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lyons
Schools across Lyons average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lyons CenterA · 65% proficient
- Dr Edward G Dyer SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Cooper ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Burlington HighC · 34% proficient
- Badger HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lyons school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lyons measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Lyons against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lyons
Is Lyons a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lyons ranks 7,039th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, cheap car insurance, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lyons expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $426,141. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $108,918 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Lyons safe?
Yes, Lyons is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $299 per resident a year.
Compare Lyons with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lyons. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lyons represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Lyons detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lyons: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lyons: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lyons: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lyons: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lyons detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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