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Lyon County, NV

61,680 Population
2,003.1 square miles 30.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nevada: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,076 ±$1,891 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nevada: $41,354 ±$333
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,812 ±$5,156 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Nevada: $78,260 ±$596
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.7% ±1.4% (7,183  ±854) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Nevada: 12.4% 390,669 (±0.3% / ±7,932)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.4 minutes ±1.7 (723,050  ±50,333) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,319,316 (±0.2 / ±281,879)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

23,745 ±381 Number of households
  • Nevada: 1,202,593 ±3,427
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0 (61,417  ±14) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,148,260
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±1.9% (987  ±235) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nevada: 5% 37,205 (±0.2% / ±1,475)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,436 ±44 Number of housing units
  • Nevada: 1,326,471 ±610
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$366,100 ±$9,166 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nevada: $435,400 ±$1,611
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±1.7% (7,158  ±1,007) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 14.2% 448,121 (±0.3% / ±8,983.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.9% ±3.2% (39,761  ±1,473) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nevada: 87.5% 1,957,058 (±0.5% / ±11,272.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±1.5% (7,679  ±687.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nevada: 27.9% 623,877 (±0.3% / ±6,338.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.2% (4,450  ±501) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nevada: 19.1% 609,066
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.6% ±1% (5,650  ±477) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nevada: 7.9% 196,013 (±0.2% / ±3,615)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5,650 Total veterans ±477 5,250 Male ±461 400 Female ±133

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