Lyles is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 763 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lyles is the 304th largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lyles is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lyles is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lyles who work in sales jobs (27.02%), healthcare suport services (15.01%), and maintenance occupations (8.55%). Also of interest is that Lyles has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Lyles 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. Lyles has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lyles than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lyles may be for you. One downside of living in Lyles, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 46.82 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small town, Lyles doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.Lyles ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 1.84% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Lyles in 2022 was $26,154, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,616 for a family of four. However, Lyles contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Lyles home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lyles residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Lyles include English, Irish, French, Dutch, and Yugoslavian. The most common language spoken in Lyles is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
