Lyons vs Vidalia

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

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

Vidalia has the higher population (10,762 vs 4,217 in Lyons). Lyons has the higher median household income ($54,940 vs $53,393 in Vidalia). Vidalia has the higher median home value ($160,300 vs $113,300 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Lyons	Vidalia
Population	4,217	10,762
Median age	32.7 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,940	$53,393
Median home value	$113,300	$160,300
Median gross rent	$588	$731
Housing units	2,085	4,550
Homeownership rate	57.9%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyons	Vidalia
Population	4,282 → 4,217 (-1.5%)	10,409 → 10,762 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$25,883 → $54,940 (+112.3%)	$40,621 → $53,393 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $113,300 (+54.8%)	$118,600 → $160,300 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $588 (+8.3%)	$584 → $731 (+25.2%)

Lyons

Population

4,2824,217

Median household income

$25,883$54,940

Median home value

$73,200$113,300

Median gross rent

$543$588

Vidalia

Population

10,40910,762

Median household income

$40,621$53,393

Median home value

$118,600$160,300

Median gross rent

$584$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyons	Vidalia
Under 5	11.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.4%
75 and over	7.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyons	Vidalia
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	51.5%
Black or African American	40.9%	34.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyons	Vidalia
No high school diploma	20.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyons	Vidalia
Drove alone	88.1%	73.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyons	Vidalia
1-unit, detached	58.5%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Lyons	Vidalia
Poverty rate	21.5%	24.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1975	1980