Lyon township, Cloud County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 54.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 103 (all rural)
| Males: 55 |  (53.4%) |
| Females: 48 |  (46.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 103 (71 owner occupied, 32 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 31% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Lyon township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 42.5
Median age of females: 43.0
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Average household size: 2.51
| Lyon township: | 2.5 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.76
| Lyon township: | $38,264 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $369 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $66,769 (it was $45,100 in 2000)
| : | $66,769 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $82,829
Here: $82,829 State: $166,141
Townhouses or other attached units: $87,484
Here: $87,484 State: $137,909
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $180,234
Here: $180,234 State: $124,036
Mobile homes: $19,130
Here: $19,130 State: $39,479
| Population density: 2 people per square mile | (very low). |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Meridian Way I Wind Farm (A). Display/hide its location on the map
85% of Lyon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 127
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 11
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 2.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 46
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Lyon township with a mortgage: 7 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (55%)
- Metal and metal products (20%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (14%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Health care (29%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (53%)
- Top executives (14%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (17%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lyon township:
- German (40.2%)
- English (12.6%)
- Polish (12.6%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Northern European (6.9%)
- Norwegian (5.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 65 (71%)
- Carpooled: 8 (9%)
- Worked at home: 18 (20%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (91%)
- Wood (9%)
91.6% of residents of Lyon township speak English at home.
8.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 138- In family households: 134 (46 male householders, 0 female householders)
39 spouses, 44 children (44 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4 (2 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 18 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2 2-persons,
20 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (1 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |