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.
One downside of living in Lyles, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 47.72 minutes every day commuting to work.
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 5.26% 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 $21,196, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,784 for a family of four. However, Lyles contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lyles is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. 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. Lyles also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.66% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lyles include English, French, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Lyles is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
