Lyons, the seat of Rice County, had 3,488 residents in 2025. Web design in Lyons should serve the whole county, not just the city. A small business website in Lyons doesn’t have to start with a big invoice: Aria builds it for $89 a month, domain and email included, and bills the first month only after your approval.
No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.
Lyons up close: notes for a small business website
Mining, oil and gas are a real industry here: 17 establishments with employees in the 2023 count, far more than the national share. Energy work creates demand for contractors, trucking and repair that moves with the industry. Say clearly the area you cover, your equipment and how to send a job request.
Lyons: the numbers behind the market
The median household income is $62,569, about 16% below the Kansas median of $74,275.
The Lyons business count, sector by sector
Lyons shares ZIP code 67554 with the surrounding area, where 113 employer businesses were counted in 2023. Some of the local businesses in that count:
- Full-service restaurants (7): a menu page you can update by email, your hours and a map, plus a contact form for events and large groups.
- Insurance agencies (5): auto, home and business coverage on separate pages with a contact form for quotes.
Across Rice County, County Business Patterns counted 265 employer establishments in 2023, and the Nonemployer Statistics add 629 businesses with no payroll, most of them self-employed owners. The county’s largest sectors by number of employer establishments are other services (repair, personal care, organizations) (14.0%), retail trade (10.6%) and construction (9.4%). The jobs Lyons residents hold are mostly in education, health care and social assistance (20.9%) and manufacturing (18.0%).
Getting to and around Lyons
Nearby incorporated places: Chase (7.8 miles), Alden (9.1 miles) and Sterling (9.5 miles). With 1,314 residents per square mile on 2.7 square miles of land, Lyons is moderately dense by Kansas standards. Hutchinson Municipal Airport (HUT) is 27 miles southeast of Lyons in a straight line. 17 municipalities lie within 25 miles, each with its own customers. For big-city shopping and services, Wichita (400,987 residents) is 65 miles away. If you serve more than one town, your website can have a service area page that names each of them, so a customer in Little River or Alden sees right away that you cover them.
Rice County had 9,266 residents in 2025 and 8 incorporated municipalities.
The customers behind the numbers in Lyons
Half the homes in Lyons were built before 1952. The older housing in Lyons keeps roofers, plumbers and remodelers busy.
17.0% of residents age 5 and over speak Spanish at home, and 7.8% speak English less than very well. Clear photos, simple words and a short contact form lower the barrier for customers who prefer to write rather than call.
Population trend in Lyons
The trend since 2020 points down: 3,599 then, 3,488 in 2025. Kansas as a whole changed +1.3% in the same period. A steady city rewards the business people can find and trust quickly.
Seasons in Lyons, and what they do to your website
By the 1991-2020 normals of the Sterling weather station (9.1 miles from Lyons), July highs average 92°F and January lows average 20°F. About 29 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a normal year, most of it in May. The high reaches 90°F or more on about 64 days a year, and the low falls to freezing or below on about 121 days. Heat sets the rhythm: outdoor work starts early, afternoons belong to indoor activities, and emergency calls spike in the hottest weeks. Update the homepage before your busy season: send the changes by email a few weeks ahead.
How Aria builds a Lyons website
The team behind this page is based in Curitiba, Brazil, and has built websites for businesses since 2008. Everything is done online, so businesses in Lyons get exactly the same plan as anyone else.
- Sign up online in about 5 minutes; the logo, photos and texts you already have go by email.
- Within 5 business days the website is ready on a temporary link, and you review it and ask for changes.
- Ask for adjustments by email, approve, and after the first monthly fee the site goes live on your domain.
Changes after launch go by email and are included, and so do quick questions.
- Business website or online store, same price
- Your domain, registered and renewed by us (or the one you already have)
- Business email on your domain: 5 GB, webmail and spam filtering
- Hosting, SSL certificate and daily backups
- Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
- Ready within 5 business days on a temporary link
Kansas and federal rules for small business websites
Some homework before launch:
- A federal rule (16 CFR Part 465) makes it unlawful to write, buy or sell fake reviews and testimonials, so the reviews on a business website have to be real. 16 CFR Part 465
- Newsletters and promotions sent from your business email must include a working way to unsubscribe (16 CFR Part 316). 16 CFR Part 316
- A contact form collects personal information, and Kansas has a data breach law with deadlines for notifying the people affected. K.S.A. 50-7a02 (Security breach; requirements)
- Kansas levies a state sales tax of 6.5% on retail sales of tangible personal property and taxable services, and cities and counties add local sales taxes on top of it. Kansas Department of Revenue
Rules change and details vary by business; this is general information, not legal advice.
Common questions about a website in Lyons
I work in Lyons and nearby towns. Can the website say that?
Yes. Tell us by email which towns you cover, Sterling and Alden included, and they go on the website’s service area page.
With 3,488 people in Lyons, is a website worth the money?
Your customers come from all of Rice County, not only Lyons: the county has 265 businesses with employees and 629 without (2023). The website is what they find when they search.
My customers come from all over Rice County. Can the website say that?
Yes. A service area page can cover every part of Rice County you serve.
Is there a setup fee?
No. No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. There is no lock-in contract either: you can end the service whenever you need.
Your Lyons website, domain and email in one plan
Website, domain, business email and hosting for $89 a month, built with your brand and published only after your approval.
- Numbers for Lyons come from the U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 population estimates (Vintage 2025), the 2020-2024 American Community Survey (5-year), County and ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and the 2025 Gazetteer (distances in a straight line).
- Climate: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (station USC00147796).
- Founding year, nickname, elevation, waters, colleges, hospitals, airports and parks: Wikidata (item Q2310168), retrieved on October 30, 2026; distances are straight-line.
- Rules for Kansas businesses: official sources linked above, checked on October 30, 2026. County seat: USGS National Atlas.