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Lyon County, IA

12,023 Population
587.6 square miles 20.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$33,428 ±$2,064 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $37,949 ±$241
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$73,735 ±$4,042 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $70,571 ±$395
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

3.9% ±0.9% (459  ±106) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 343,141 (±0.2% / ±6,097)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

20.7 minutes ±2 (107,170  ±11,407) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.7 28,493,996 (±0.1 / ±232,811)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

4,412 ±106 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,290,139 ±4,032
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.7 ±0.1 (11,844  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,090,320
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

9.3% ±2.4% (218  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 40,424 (±0.2% / ±1,423)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

4,853 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,417,064 ±977
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$190,800 ±$15,013 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $181,600 ±$1,035
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

8% ±1.7% (949  ±,200.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 13.7% 431,609 (±0.2% / ±6,970.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

94.7% ±4.5% (7,316  ±,352.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93% 1,982,557 (±0.4% / ±9,380.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
19.4% ±2.2% (1,501  ±,167.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 30.3% 645,329 (±0.3% / ±5,788.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.7% (199  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 178,537
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

6.5% ±0.9% (565  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 7% 171,836 (±0.1% / ±2,426)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
565 Total veterans ±80 541 Male ±76 24 Female ±21

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