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Lyon township, Hamilton County, IA

1,411 Population
36.1 square miles 39.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hamilton County: 41.7 ±0.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,593 ±$16,992 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hamilton County: $40,191 ±$2,678
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,477 ±$15,347 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hamilton County: $72,432 † ±$8,050
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.4% ±3.9% (105  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Hamilton County: 7.4% † 1,085 (±2.1% / ±306)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±4.9 (18,540  ±5,011) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hamilton County: 21.5 146,535 (±1.5 / ±11,584)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

679 ±114 Number of households
  • Hamilton County: 6,434 ±208
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.5 (1,411  ±209) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hamilton County: 2.3 14,691 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.7% ±1.4% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Hamilton County: 9.3% † 260 (±3.4% / ±95)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

766 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Hamilton County: 7,040 ±46
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,400 ±$13,782 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Hamilton County: $156,400 ±$11,246
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±2.9% (98  ±42.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hamilton County: 7.7% † 1,137 (±1.8% / ±272.5)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.7% ±3.9% (1,011  ±144.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hamilton County: 94.4% 9,755 (±5.4% / ±563.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.3% ±5.2% (254  ±64.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hamilton County: 22.8% † 2,353 (±2.8% / ±285.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds of 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

4.8% ±3.7% (68  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hamilton County: 6.4% 951
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±1.7% (46  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Hamilton County: 7.4% † 838 (±1.8% / ±198)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
46 Total veterans ±20 43 Male ±19 3 Female ±5

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