Lyons is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,181 people and five associated neighborhoods, Lyons is the 171st largest community in Georgia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Lyons is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.29% of the Lyons workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lyons is a city of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lyons who work in office and administrative support (15.30%), teaching (11.60%), and personal care services (9.57%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lyons has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lyons has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lyons than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lyons may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Lyons doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The rate of college-level education in Lyons is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.81% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Lyons in 2022 was $20,685, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,740 for a family of four. However, Lyons contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lyons also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.02% of its population below the federal poverty line.Lyons is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lyons home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lyons residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lyons include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Lyons is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
