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About Lyons
City in Rice County, KansasLyons is a city in and the county seat of Rice County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,611.
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Housing in Lyons
The typical Lyons home is worth about $114,000, up 9.2% in a year, 54% below the Kansas typical home.
Safety in Lyons
Safety Grade C
Lyons reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 71% report less.
Work & commute in Lyons
Full picture →About one in 3 of Lyons’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sterling (12%), Atlanta (6%) and Wichita (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.
Health in Lyons
Health Grade C+
Healthier than 42% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 62% of towns with similar incomes.
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of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 31 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Lyons
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Lyons
Full climate →Lyons has chilly winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 93°, a January night drops to 20°, and about 12 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Lyons
All Lyons schools →School Grade C-
The public schools Lyons’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within KS. Ratings are from neighbors.
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