Livingston County vs Lyon County

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

Livingston 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.

Livingston County has the higher population (8,941 vs 8,831 in Lyon County). Lyon County has the higher median household income ($64,464 vs $59,713 in Livingston County). Lyon County has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $116,300 in Livingston County).

Population, income & housing

	Livingston County	Lyon County
Population	8,941	8,831
Median age	45.7 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,713	$64,464
Median home value	$116,300	$183,600
Median gross rent	$912	$809
Housing units	4,617	4,806
Homeownership rate	80.8%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livingston County	Lyon County
Population	9,235 → 8,941 (-3.2%)	8,271 → 8,831 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$50,839 → $59,713 (+17.5%)	$52,528 → $64,464 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$102,400 → $116,300 (+13.6%)	$141,500 → $183,600 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $912 (+34.9%)	$603 → $809 (+34.2%)

Livingston County

Population

9,2358,941

Median household income

$50,839$59,713

Median home value

$102,400$116,300

Median gross rent

$676$912

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)

	Livingston County	Lyon County
Under 5	5.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	10.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.1%
75 and over	8.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livingston County	Lyon County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livingston County	Lyon County
No high school diploma	10.5%	9.9%
High school graduate	43.2%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livingston County	Lyon County
Drove alone	76.0%	87.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	4.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livingston County	Lyon County
1-unit, detached	72.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Livingston County	Lyon County
Poverty rate	18.9%	10.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1977	1988