Lyon County Has Fallen Off in Property Ownership by 3.2%, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Nevada

Category: Lyon County, NV

The 2010 Census reports Lyon County, Nevada decreased in housing units by 8,268, or 58%, (since the 2000), while the State of Nevada increased in residential properties by 346,357, or 30%.

Compared to the US, Lyon County has a low level of vacancy in residential housing. 2,739, or 12.1%, of properties are currently vacant in Lyon County, Nevada. Within these 2,739 unoccupied units, 25.4% are listed for sale, while 23.6% are trying to be rented.

From 2000 to 2010, housing units occupied by owners in Lyon County have decreased by 3.2%. In 2010, there were 14,379 (72.6%) owner-occupied residential properties, while there were 5,429 (27.4%) residential properties were being rented. Lyon County has a smaller amount of residential units rented than the State of Nevada, which reportedly had 41.2% of residential properties rented.

Compared to counties in the US, Lyon County has a high level of homes that are owned by minorities. 13.6% of housing units are owned by minorities in Lyon County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Nevada 28.8% of homes are owned by minorities.

Native Hawaiian rented the most often, of all race\ethnic groups, in Lyon County. 41.5% the Native Hawaiian Census group reported renting in 2010.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Lyon County, Nevada, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 1,163 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Nevada

Category: Lyon County, NV

In Lyon County, Nevada, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 1,163 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Given the 92 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 48 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 43 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the grocery stores industry has grown the most with 231 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in grocery stores makes up 18.2% percent of the total growth in Lyon County, Nevada between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Grocery stores (+231)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (+133)
3. Limitedservice eating places (+107)
4. Boiler, tank, and shipping container mfg. (+91)
5. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (+76)

Given the industries in the area, the plywood and engineered wood product mfg. industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 339 jobs in that time period. The declines in plywood and engineered wood product mfg. make up 12.8% percent of the total job loss in Lyon County, Nevada between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. (-339)
2. Residential building construction (-289)
3. Building finishing contractors (-240)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (-210)
5. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (-180)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).