The population of Lyon county is estimated at 52,854. In 2017 there were 607 births and 586 deaths in Lyon county. Lyon county has 10,570 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,809 that are owned free and clear and 5,429 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lyon County filed 25,610 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.9% of all Nevada filings and 0.017% of the entire nation. Lyon had a combined total federal tax liability of $161,986,000 on earned income of $1,202,216,000. Other notable statistics from Lyon County were 1,420 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,990,000 and 3,800 charitable contributions valued at $11,532,000. 4,710 filings from Lyon County paid a combined total of $10,118,000 in property taxes and 4,300 filings paid $33,352,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lyon county had 47 religious congregations with an estimated 10,852 members.
14.7% of the Lyon population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Lyon County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 2,297 votes.
At $54,588 the median income is 94.2% of the Nevada average. An estimated 1,316 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lyon, the equivalant of around 6.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Lyon County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,708	Manufacturing
1,188	Retail trade
878	Transportation and warehousing
775	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
749	Wholesale trade
689	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
680	Administrative and support services
663	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
613	Accommodation and food services
582	Food services and drinking places
560	Gambling industries
553	Restaurants and other eating places
445	Other gambling industries
338	Limited-service restaurants
324	Professional, scientific, and technical services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 1.87% in Lyon County (averaging across 2 zip codes; ).

In 2018 12.25% of listings in Lyon County (averaging across 3 zip codes; ) dropped their price.

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