Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Lyons spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.25 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Lyons does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Lyons are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.91% of adults in Lyons have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Lyons in 2022 was $23,136, 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 $92,544 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 33.54% 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. Lyons also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.07% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lyons include English, Irish, Italian, Scots-Irish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Lyons is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
