Lyon vs Rena Lara

A side-by-side comparison of Lyon and Rena Lara: population, income, housing, and more.

Lyon and Rena Lara are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lyon has the higher population (361 vs 106 in Rena Lara). Lyon has the higher median household income ($92,083 vs $80,417 in Rena Lara). Lyon has the higher median home value ($129,400 vs $92,500 in Rena Lara).

Population, income & housing

	Lyon	Rena Lara
Population	361	106
Median age	46.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,083	$80,417
Median home value	$129,400	$92,500
Median gross rent	$864	—
Housing units	161	51
Homeownership rate	73.5%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyon	Rena Lara
Population	400 → 361 (-9.8%)	181 → 106 (-41.4%)
Median household income	$52,656 → $92,083 (+74.9%)	$66,023 → $80,417 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $129,400 (+22.5%)	$67,000 → $92,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $864 (+38.2%)	—

Lyon

Population

400361

Median household income

$52,656$92,083

Median home value

$105,600$129,400

Median gross rent

$625$864

Rena Lara

Population

181106

Median household income

$66,023$80,417

Median home value

$67,000$92,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyon	Rena Lara
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	25.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	18.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	29.2%
55 to 64	20.2%	1.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.5%
75 and over	14.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyon	Rena Lara
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	29.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyon	Rena Lara
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	22.5%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyon	Rena Lara
Drove alone	89.8%	96.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyon	Rena Lara
1-unit, detached	88.2%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Lyon	Rena Lara
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1975	1975