Gallatin County vs Lyon County

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

Gallatin 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.

Lyon County has the higher population (8,831 vs 8,749 in Gallatin County). Lyon County has the higher median household income ($64,464 vs $62,247 in Gallatin County). Lyon County has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $169,400 in Gallatin County).

Population, income & housing

	Gallatin County	Lyon County
Population	8,749	8,831
Median age	39.7 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,247	$64,464
Median home value	$169,400	$183,600
Median gross rent	$858	$809
Housing units	3,763	4,806
Homeownership rate	73.4%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallatin County	Lyon County
Population	8,737 → 8,749 (+0.1%)	8,271 → 8,831 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$52,167 → $62,247 (+19.3%)	$52,528 → $64,464 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$128,100 → $169,400 (+32.2%)	$141,500 → $183,600 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $858 (+22.4%)	$603 → $809 (+34.2%)

Gallatin County

Population

8,7378,749

Median household income

$52,167$62,247

Median home value

$128,100$169,400

Median gross rent

$701$858

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)

	Gallatin County	Lyon County
Under 5	5.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	16.1%
75 and over	5.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallatin County	Lyon County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	87.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallatin County	Lyon County
No high school diploma	15.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	43.4%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallatin County	Lyon County
Drove alone	80.5%	87.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallatin County	Lyon County
1-unit, detached	60.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	27.5%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Gallatin County	Lyon County
Poverty rate	14.4%	10.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1992	1988