The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lyons has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lyons a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Lyons does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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 2018 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.
