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Lyons, KS

3,553 Population
2.7 square miles 1,338.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±4.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rice County: 38.6 ±1.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$32,293 ±$4,181 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Rice County: $33,232 ±$2,456
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$62,569 ±$10,736 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rice County: $63,925 ±$4,435
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

9.1% ±6.2% (316  ±214) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rice County: 7.7% † 677 (±2.6% / ±227)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

17.9 minutes ±5.4 (30,280  ±9,705) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rice County: 20.9 † 87,830 (±2.9 / ±12,965)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

1,525 ±110 Number of households
  • Rice County: 3,714 ±157
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.3 ±0.2 (3,474  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rice County: 2.4 8,765 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

13.1% ±10.1% (89  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rice County: 11.2% † 215 (±4% / ±77)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

1,831 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Rice County: 4,384 ±41
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$104,800 ±$9,942 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rice County: $104,600 ±$7,916
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

13.7% ±5.3% (478  ±185.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Rice County: 13.8% † 1,274 (±3% / ±271.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

85.4% ±11.7% (2,081  ±306.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rice County: 90.9% 5,519 (±6.1% / ±376.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
21.3% ±6.8% (519  ±166.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rice County: 25.9% † 1,570 (±3.3% / ±203.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

9.3% ±4.8% (330  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Rice County: 4.9% 460
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

8.1% ±4.4% (223  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rice County: 7.4% † 527 (±2.1% / ±151)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
223 Total veterans ±120 196 Male ±100 27 Female ±40

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