The overall crime rate in Lyons is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Despite being a small village, Lyons has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Lyons rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.50% of adults 25 and older in Lyons have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Lyons in 2018 was $32,908, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,632 for a family of four. However, Lyons contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lyons is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Lyons home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Lyons, accounting for 54.73% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). 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 Polish, Irish, German, English, and Italian.
In addition, Lyons has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (26.29%).
The most common language spoken in Lyons is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
