Crittenden County vs Lyon County

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

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

Crittenden County has the higher population (8,972 vs 8,831 in Lyon County). Lyon County has the higher median household income ($64,464 vs $47,003 in Crittenden County). Lyon County has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $115,700 in Crittenden County).

Population, income & housing

	Crittenden County	Lyon County
Population	8,972	8,831
Median age	42.8 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,003	$64,464
Median home value	$115,700	$183,600
Median gross rent	$618	$809
Housing units	4,351	4,806
Homeownership rate	77.6%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crittenden County	Lyon County
Population	9,000 → 8,972 (-0.3%)	8,271 → 8,831 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$45,244 → $47,003 (+3.9%)	$52,528 → $64,464 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $115,700 (+28.7%)	$141,500 → $183,600 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $618 (+12.4%)	$603 → $809 (+34.2%)

Crittenden County

Population

9,0008,972

Median household income

$45,244$47,003

Median home value

$89,900$115,700

Median gross rent

$550$618

Lyon County

Population

8,2718,831

Median household income

$52,528$64,464

Median home value

$141,500$183,600

Median gross rent

$603$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crittenden County	Lyon County
Under 5	5.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	16.1%
75 and over	8.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crittenden County	Lyon County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crittenden County	Lyon County
No high school diploma	16.2%	9.9%
High school graduate	43.5%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crittenden County	Lyon County
Drove alone	72.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	18.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crittenden County	Lyon County
1-unit, detached	81.4%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Crittenden County	Lyon County
Poverty rate	18.1%	10.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1975	1988