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Lyon County, KS

32,182 Population
847.5 square miles 38 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,425 ±$1,502 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$56,415 ±$2,759 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

16.2% ±2.2% (5,034  ±689) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

14.9 minutes ±0.8 (231,225  ±15,205) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

13,223 ±304 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.4 ±0.1 (31,014  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

4.3% ±1.6% (354  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

14,998 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$136,100 ±$7,635 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

24.2% ±2.8% (7,696  ±,900.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

87.8% ±4% (16,935  ±794) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
26.7% ±2.2% (5,149  ±,429.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

10.4% (3,344  ±430) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

6.6% ±1% (1,643  ±247) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,643 Total veterans ±247 1,520 Male ±246 123 Female ±71

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