Lyons vs Santa Claus

A side-by-side comparison of Lyons and Santa Claus: population, income, housing, and more.

Lyons and Santa Claus are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lyons has the higher population (4,217 vs 171 in Santa Claus). Santa Claus has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $54,940 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median home value ($113,300 vs $108,300 in Santa Claus).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Santa Claus
Population	4,217	171
Median age	32.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,940	$73,214
Median home value	$113,300	$108,300
Median gross rent	$588	$1,016
Housing units	2,085	82
Homeownership rate	57.9%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Santa Claus
Population	4,282 → 4,217 (-1.5%)	266 → 171 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$25,883 → $54,940 (+112.3%)	$58,333 → $73,214 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $113,300 (+54.8%)	$78,300 → $108,300 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $588 (+8.3%)	$731 → $1,016 (+39.0%)

Lyons

Population

4,2824,217

Median household income

$25,883$54,940

Median home value

$73,200$113,300

Median gross rent

$543$588

Santa Claus

Population

266171

Median household income

$58,333$73,214

Median home value

$78,300$108,300

Median gross rent

$731$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Santa Claus
Under 5	11.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	17.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	7.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.3%
75 and over	7.3%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Santa Claus
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	97.7%
Black or African American	40.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Santa Claus
No high school diploma	20.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	33.9%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Santa Claus
Drove alone	88.1%	71.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.4%	13.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Santa Claus
1-unit, detached	58.5%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Santa Claus
Poverty rate	21.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	16	38
Median year structure built	1975	1972