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Lyra township, Blue Earth County, MN

266 Population
35.1 square miles 7.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57 ±7.8 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in Blue Earth County: 31.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,694 ±$7,747 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Blue Earth County: $37,155 ±$1,139
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,833 ±$12,661 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Blue Earth County: $74,477 ±$2,447
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.3% ±4.7% (14  ±13) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Blue Earth County: 15.7% 10,363 (±1.5% / ±1,017)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.2 minutes ±12.5 (3,155  ±1,040) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Blue Earth County: 16.8 568,165 (±0.5 / ±20,737)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

120 ±38 Number of households
  • Blue Earth County: 27,606 ±356
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.9 (266  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Blue Earth County: 2.4 65,480 (±0 / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±7.6% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Blue Earth County: 5.9% † 1,086 (±1.5% / ±269)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

136 ±38 Number of housing units
  • Blue Earth County: 29,864 ±67
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$287,000 ±$23,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Blue Earth County: $266,700 ±$6,335
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.1% ±6.7% (3  ±17.8) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Blue Earth County: 21.1% 14,523 (±1.7% / ±1,154.7)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.2% ±31.2% (212  ±42.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Blue Earth County: 94.7% 38,719 (±2.8% / ±1,155.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.2% ±9.7% (50  ±24.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Blue Earth County: 34.2% 13,973 (±1.7% / ±701.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • 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

1.1% ±1.1% (3  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Blue Earth County: 5.4% 3,741
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±3.5% (15  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Blue Earth County: 4.5% † 2,511 (±0.5% / ±292)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
15 Total veterans ±9 15 Male ±9 N/A Female ±10

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