Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, settled in 1889, counts 460 residents.
Only 8 of the 264 Georgia towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Lyerly. The biggest park or preserve is Angus McLeod Park, at 21 acres. Lyerly has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
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Census counts: 234 in 1900, 454 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 5 maps from 1886 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lyerly, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lyerly.
Lyerly’s typical rent is $780 a month, where Georgia’s towns sit at $1,154 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Home values are up 3.8% over the year to September 2026. Also worth knowing: in Lyerly, 73% of households live in a home they own.
| Lyerly | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $780 a month | $1,154 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 58% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools: the Chattooga County school district. Its one school is below. Lyerly’s only public school teaches 335 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyerly Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 335 | B |
NCES · EDFacts
Lyerly’s mean commuting time comes in at 34 minutes. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Its median household income is $48,000, below both Georgia’s towns ($63,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Lyerly dropped by 419, to 72.
| Lyerly | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $48,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 9.9% | 15% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Households in Lyerly have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2009. Compared with 78% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 54% come from inland flooding and 23% from tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 32° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The share of adults in Lyerly who have high blood pressure: 42%. Among adults here, 21% smoke cigarettes and 34% get no exercise outside work.
| Lyerly | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 29% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| What stands out | Lyerly | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.7% | 6.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.4% | 6.1% |
| More smokers | 20.9% | 13.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.4 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. For Lyerly, the concentration of trails is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Lyerly | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.6% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Angus McLeod Park | 0.4 mi | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lyerly. Close and well known come first.
32 mi MountainLookout Mountain18 mi CaveEllison's Cave
39 mi Ancient siteEtowah Indian Mounds
9 mi National PreserveLittle River Canyon National Preserve782K visitors a year
30 mi State parkNew Echota
31 mi State parkCloudland Canyon State ParkLookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Etowah Indian Mounds: Kåre Thor Olsen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Little River Canyon National Preserve: Richard A. Weaver, CC BY-SA 4.0 · New Echota: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Cloudland Canyon State Park: Ronmacal at English Wikipedia, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lyerly
About 1 of every 100 Lyerly residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
Where Lyerly’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in Georgia, United States
Lyerly is a town in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 454.
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Lyerly has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
