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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $935 (0.8%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lyon County is $530 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $698 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1017 a month.
Cities in this county include: Fernley
, Dayton
, Silver Springs
, Yerington
, Silverpeak
.
Neighboring
counties: Churchill County
, Douglas County
, Mineral County
, Storey County
, Washoe County
, Mono County, California
, Carson City
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Lyon County: Spring
Valley Mill
(A),
Burke and Companys Mill
(B),
Burkham Ranch
(C),
South End Community Hall
(D),
McGowan Corner
(E),
Campbell
(F),
Morgans Ranch
(G),
Silver City Quartz Mill
(H),
Airway Beacon 216
(I),
Kelloggs Mill
(J),
Monitor Mill
(K),
Kelsey Mill
(L),
Sherman and Company Mill
(M),
Landolf Ranch
(N),
Eastern Slope Mill
(O),
Missouri Flat Extension Fence
(P),
Missouri Flat Drift Fence
(Q),
Wilson Canyon Picnic Area
(R),
Chaves Ranch
(S),
Santa Margarita Ranch
(T)
Cemeteries: Yerington
Cemetery
(1),
Elm Tree Cemetery
(2),
Churchill Cemetery
(3)
Lakes and reservoirs: Artesia
Lake
(A),
Dry Lake
(B),
Fort Churchill Cooling Ponds
(C),
Buck Brush Storage Tank
(D),
Eldorado Canyon Reservoir
(E),
Fernley Reservoir Number Three
(F),
Fernley Reservoir Number One
(G)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: American
Flat Wash
(A),
Green Creek
(B),
Sage Hen Creek
(C),
Rattlesnake Creek
(D),
South Fork Cottonwood Creek
(E),
Rough Creek
(F),
East Walker River
(G),
Sheep Creek
(H),
Red Wash Creek
(I)
Parks in Lyon County include: Fernley
Wildlife Management Area
(1),
Artesia Lake State Wildlife Management Area
(2),
Pony Bob Haslam Group Use Area
(3),
Fort Churchill Historic State Monument
(4),
Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area
(5),
Lahontan State Recreation Area
(6)
Post offices: Como
Post Office
(A),
Cambridge Post Office
(B),
Silver City Post Office
(C)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
Current college students: 1,086
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,087 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Lyon
County: |
6.0% | | Whole
state: | 15.8% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 342
- 1990
to 1994: 468
- 1985
to 1989: 405
- 1980
to 1984: 205
- 1975
to 1979: 210
- 1970
to 1974: 111
- 1970
to 1974: 102
- 1965
to 1969: 244
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Mean travel time to work: 28.0 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 52.0%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 7,849
- One,
attached: 197
- Two:
279
- 3
or 4: 485
- 5
to 9: 275
- 10
to 19: 72
- 20
or more: 50
- Mobile
homes: 4,878
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 194
Housing units in Lyon County with a mortgage: 4,002 (416 second mortgage, 444 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,224 Agriculture
in Lyon County
Average size of farms: 686 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $225668
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $801.00
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 50.69%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $161553
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 20.25%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 99.83%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $126925
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 80.91%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 16.02
All wheat for grain: 564 harvested acres
Vegetables: 2803 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 8 acresLyon
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Nevada state average. It is 30.6 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/26/1964, a tornado injured one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(15%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Arts,
entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Metal
and metal products (4%)
- Accommodation
and food services (4%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females:
|
- Educational
services (12%)
- Public
administration (9%)
- Health
care (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Arts,
entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males
|
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(62%)
- Canada
(5%)
- United
Kingdom (5%)
- Germany
(4%)
- Philippines
(4%)
- Peru
(2%)
- Guatemala
(2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Lyon County:
|
- German
(16%)
- English
(12%)
- Irish
(9%)
- United
States or American (9%)
- Italian
(6%)
- Norwegian
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 11,461 (76%)
- Carpooled:
2,622 (17%)
- Ferryboat:
8 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
23 (0%)
- Bicycle:
42 (0%)
- Walked:
393 (3%)
- Other
means: 39 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 553 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Lyon County, Nevada
- 258
people in other types of correctional institutions
- 136
people in state prisons
- 52
people in nursing homes
- 39
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 9
people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 4
people in unknown juvenile institutions
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $49,781.
17.27% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($48,041 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
17.27% | | Nevada
average: |
9.02% |
0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($142 average AGI)
| Lyon
County: |
0.09% | | Nevada
average: | 0.18% |
9.82% relocated from other counties in Nevada ($26,946 average AGI)
7.36% relocated from other states ($20,953 average AGI)
| Lyon
County: |
7.36% | | Nevada
average: | 7.68% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Washoe County, NV
|
4.72% ($45,862 average AGI) |
| from
Carson City, NV
|
2.75% ($42,153) |
| from
Douglas County, NV
|
0.90% ($46,696) |
| from
Churchill County, NV
|
0.50% ($102,652) |
| from
Sacramento County, CA
|
0.43% ($41,197) |
| from
Clark County, NV
|
0.42% ($49,440) |
| from
Santa Clara County, CA
|
0.34% ($94,443) |
10.80% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,803 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
10.80% | | Nevada
average: |
6.56% |
0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($145 average AGI)
| Lyon
County: |
0.07% | | Nevada
average: | 0.10% |
6.11% relocated to other counties in Nevada ($21,054 average AGI)
4.63% relocated to other states ($16,604 average AGI)
| Lyon
County: |
4.63% | | Nevada
average: | 5.26% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Washoe County, NV
|
2.82% ($36,204 average AGI) |
| to
Carson City, NV
|
1.61% ($34,038) |
| to
Churchill County, NV
|
0.54% ($34,034) |
| to
Douglas County, NV
|
0.40% ($36,985) |
| to
Clark County, NV
|
0.28% ($43,870) |
| to
Sacramento County, CA
|
0.15% ($28,042) |
| to
Maricopa County, AZ
|
0.13% ($39,571) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.0
Births
per 1000 population in Lyon County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in Lyon County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.9
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Lyon County
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Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,726 (5,794 aged, 932 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 33,993
- In
family households: 29,723 (7,736 male householders, 1,814 female householders)
7,726
spouses, 9,791 children (8,531 natural, 288 adopted, 972 stepchildren), 561 grandchildren, 220 brothers or sisters, 300 parents, 469 other relatives, 1,106 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 4,270 (2,040 male householders (1,519 living alone)), 1,433 female householders (1,258 living alone)), 797 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 508 (409 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,291 2-persons, 2,020 3-persons, 1,744 4-persons, 901 5-persons, 433 6-persons, 161 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,777 1-person, 620 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 6 6-persons.
6,312 married couples with children.
1,936 single-parent households (670 men, 1,266 women).
89.1% of residents of Lyon County speak English at home.
8.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $196,098,000 ($4536 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $15,619,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $122,695,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $31,265,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $696,000
Federal grants: $29,915,000
Federal procurement contracts: $6,482,000 ($4,772,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,045,000 ($983,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,290,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $56,484,000
Federal Government insurance: $49,622,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,436
| Here: |
51 per 1000 residents | | State: | 71
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,005
| Here: |
42 per 1000 residents | | State: |
37 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +293
| Here: |
+6 per 1000 residents | | State: | +27
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +12,481
| Here: |
+263 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+112 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Lyon County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.20 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 844
- 1995
to 1998: 3,050
- 1990
to 1994: 1,865
- 1980
to 1989: 3,045
- 1970
to 1979: 2,735
- 1960
to 1969: 1,158
- 1950
to 1959: 809
- 1940
to 1949: 252
- 1939
or earlier: 521
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Lyon County, Nevada: |
- 1
room: 37
- 2
rooms: 190
- 3
rooms: 750
- 4
rooms: 1,067
- 5
rooms: 2,799
- 6
rooms: 2,519
- 7
rooms: 1,624
- 8
rooms: 571
- 9
or more rooms: 310
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Lyon County, Nevada: |
- 1
room: 71
- 2
rooms: 189
- 3
rooms: 553
- 4
rooms: 899
- 5
rooms: 706
- 6
rooms: 480
- 7
rooms: 167
- 8
rooms: 45
- 9
or more rooms: 30
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lyon County:
|
- no
bedroom: 66
- 1
bedroom: 648
- 2
bedrooms: 2,209
- 3
bedrooms: 5,617
- 4
bedrooms: 1,198
- 5
or more bedrooms: 129
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Lyon County:
|
- no
bedroom: 71
- 1
bedroom: 573
- 2
bedrooms: 1,352
- 3
bedrooms: 983
- 4
bedrooms: 123
- 5
or more bedrooms: 38
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Lyon County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 369
- 1
vehicle: 2,157
- 2
vehicles: 4,113
- 3
vehicles: 2,168
- 4
vehicles: 765
- 5
or more vehicles: 295
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Lyon County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 218
- 1
vehicle: 1,207
- 2
vehicles: 1,262
- 3
vehicles: 324
- 4
vehicles: 100
- 5
or more vehicles: 29
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45% of Lyon County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Nevada.
| Lyon
County: |
44.6% | | State
average: |
39.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 9278
- Northeast:
1451
- Midwest:
4289
- South:
2239
- West:
14788
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $121,300 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Year
Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (64%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood
(5%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity
(3%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (68%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity
(6%)
- Wood
(6%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 125
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 338
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 106
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