Chickasaw County vs Lyon County

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

Chickasaw 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.

Lyon County has the higher population (12,087 vs 11,868 in Chickasaw County). Chickasaw County has the higher median household income ($73,421 vs $72,881 in Lyon County). Lyon County has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $164,400 in Chickasaw County).

Population, income & housing

	Chickasaw County	Lyon County
Population	11,868	12,087
Median age	43.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,421	$72,881
Median home value	$164,400	$215,600
Median gross rent	$779	$802
Housing units	5,545	4,857
Homeownership rate	81.4%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickasaw County	Lyon County
Population	12,026 → 11,868 (-1.3%)	11,776 → 12,087 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$60,034 → $73,421 (+22.3%)	$64,982 → $72,881 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$119,100 → $164,400 (+38.0%)	$146,900 → $215,600 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $779 (+23.7%)	$696 → $802 (+15.2%)

Chickasaw County

Population

12,02611,868

Median household income

$60,034$73,421

Median home value

$119,100$164,400

Median gross rent

$630$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)

	Chickasaw County	Lyon County
Under 5	6.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.4%
75 and over	9.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickasaw County	Lyon County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickasaw County	Lyon County
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	42.4%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickasaw County	Lyon County
Drove alone	81.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.2%	10.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickasaw County	Lyon County
1-unit, detached	86.7%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Chickasaw County	Lyon County
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1965	1965