Appanoose County vs Lyon County

A side-by-side comparison of Appanoose County and Lyon County: population, income, housing, and more.

Appanoose County and Lyon County are counties in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Appanoose County has the higher population (12,242 vs 12,087 in Lyon County). Lyon County has the higher median household income ($72,881 vs $51,146 in Appanoose County). Lyon County has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $119,800 in Appanoose County).

Population, income & housing

	Appanoose County	Lyon County
Population	12,242	12,087
Median age	45.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,146	$72,881
Median home value	$119,800	$215,600
Median gross rent	$779	$802
Housing units	6,314	4,857
Homeownership rate	69.1%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appanoose County	Lyon County
Population	12,452 → 12,242 (-1.7%)	11,776 → 12,087 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$40,167 → $51,146 (+27.3%)	$64,982 → $72,881 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $119,800 (+47.2%)	$146,900 → $215,600 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $779 (+24.8%)	$696 → $802 (+15.2%)

Appanoose County

Population

12,45212,242

Median household income

$40,167$51,146

Median home value

$81,400$119,800

Median gross rent

$624$779

Lyon County

Population

11,77612,087

Median household income

$64,982$72,881

Median home value

$146,900$215,600

Median gross rent

$696$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appanoose County	Lyon County
Under 5	4.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.4%
75 and over	10.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appanoose County	Lyon County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appanoose County	Lyon County
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appanoose County	Lyon County
Drove alone	79.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appanoose County	Lyon County
1-unit, detached	77.0%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	5.7%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Appanoose County	Lyon County
Poverty rate	20.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1964	1965