Home values are up 12% over the year to September 2026. Lyons: 69% of households own their home, close to Nebraska’s towns (67%) and below U.S. towns (73%).

$144KZillow home value

Typical home value

Lyons$144K

Nebraska$278K

+12.2%

value change, 1 year

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Prices over the yearsUp 12.2% in a year Years of income to buyA typical home costs 3.2 years of income RentsRents

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Natural hazards

The biggest natural risk in Lyons is inland flooding, at a high overall level

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Lyons after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2019.

70risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingDroughtHail

federal disasters paid out here

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What it facesHigh risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters2 federal disasters · Paid out in Lyons Get ready0.6 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Lyons has four seasons and pleasant summers

Among 58 Nebraska towns, just 3 have a lower typical July afternoon high than Lyons. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 12° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.

28″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter15–33°

Spring38–61°

Summer62–83°

Fall39–63°

Oct 12

typical first frost

Apr 28

typical last frost

+0.9°

vs. the 20th-century average

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A year of weatherJuly highs 85°, January lows 12°Rain & snow28″ of snow a winter · 30 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingMostly a heating bill Then and now+0.9° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Work & commute

A larger share of residents in Lyons live below the poverty line than in the typical Nebraska or U.S. town

Just 16% of Lyons’s working residents have a job in town. Of the 58 Nebraska towns we compare, none has a lower median household income than Lyons. The mean commuting time for Lyons comes to 24 minutes, above the Nebraska town median (17 minutes) and near the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Omaha (9%), Pender (5%) and Decatur (5%).

16%work in town

	Lyons	Nebraska towns	U.S. towns
Below the poverty line	20%	11%	9.6%
Working residents who work in town	16%	34%	8%
Median household income	$45,000	$69,000	$80,000
Average trip to work	24 minutes	17 minutes	25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Lyons16%

Omaha9%

Pender5%

Decatur5%

Oakland4%

21 mi

median commute distance

275

jobs based in Lyons

Balanced

jobs vs. working residents

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The jobs here275 jobs based here · Balanced Where people work16% work in Lyons Commute times24 minutes · The average commute How far they goHalf commute less than 21 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Health

A larger share of adults have high blood pressure in Lyons than in most of Nebraska or the rest of the country

15% of adults have diabetes in Lyons. Only 5 of the 58 Nebraska towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have obesity than Lyons. Against the Nebraska average, Lyons comes out ahead on 3 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 12.