Lyons is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,195 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. 47.96% of the Lyons workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Lyons is a city of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lyons who work in teaching (10.27%), office and administrative support (9.33%), and management occupations (7.76%). Of important note, Lyons is also a city of artists. Lyons has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Lyons’s character. One of the benefits of Lyons is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.18 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Lyons does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Lyons is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.41% of adults 25 and older in Lyons have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Lyons in 2022 was $25,654, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,616 for a family of four. However, Lyons contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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, Italian, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Lyons is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
