It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lyles has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lyles has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lyles than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lyles may be for you.
In Lyles, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 46.82 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Lyles is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Lyles has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 1.84% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Lyles in 2022 was $26,154, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,616 for a family of four. However, Lyles contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lyles home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lyles residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Lyles include English, Irish, French, Dutch, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Lyles is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
