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Lyons, KS

3,504 Population
2.6 square miles 1,355 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rice County: 39.1 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,694 ±$6,192 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rice County: $26,324 ±$2,435
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$49,448 ±$7,166 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rice County: $49,688 ±$4,080
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

13.3% ±7.8% (449  ±262) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Rice County: 13.1% † 1,155 (±3.9% / ±346)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

15.3 minutes ±3 (26,520  ±5,533) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rice County: 18.3 † 81,055 (±2 / ±9,346)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

1,558 ±112 Number of households
  • Rice County: 3,939 ±154
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.2 ±0.2 (3,370  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rice County: 2.2 8,835 (±0.1 / ±144)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

7.3% ±6.8% (54  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rice County: 9% † 171 (±3.2% / ±61)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

1,812 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Rice County: 4,581 ±84
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$71,100 ±$10,144 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rice County: $79,500 ±$6,907
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

27.4% ±8.9% (949  ±307.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 16.9% † 1,595 (±3.7% / ±348.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

89.4% ±9.5% (2,183  ±266.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rice County: 91.6% 5,670 (±5.1% / ±328.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
14.5% ±4.3% (354  ±107.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rice County: 21.8% † 1,348 (±2.4% / ±151.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

8.5% ±3.3% (296  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Rice County: 4.5% † 433 (±1.2% / ±118)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

8.7% ±2.8% (242  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rice County: 7.2% † 536 (±1.3% / ±99)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
242 Total veterans ±77 216 Male ±74 26 Female ±32

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