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Lyman, Mississippi.

A community in Harrison County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Harrison County’s.

Living in Lyman, Harrison County, Mississippi

Lyman, in Harrison County, had 2,372 people in the 2020 census. 91% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 9% are rented. Unemployment in Harrison County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Harrison County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 2,372 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Lyman for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.0% Harrison County, August 2026; 3.8% a year before
Homes 91% lived in by their owners; 9% rented
  • 754households
  • 23%of adults have a degree
  • 21 mintypical commute

What people in Harrison County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment16%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Building trades8%
  • Manufacturing6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Harrison County had 90,122 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 42°; warmest in August, 91° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 42° F M A M J J A 91° 75° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 42°; warmest in August, 91° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 61° 42° F M A M J J A 91° 75° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 42°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 75°. About 63 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Gulfport - Biloxi Airport weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Harrison County

  1. Beau Rivage ResortsCasino hotels2,634
  2. Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs2,157
  3. Harrison CO School DistSchool district2,051FTE
  4. Island View Casino ResortHotels, resort, with casinos1,610
  5. Boyd GamingHotel casino1,094
  6. Gulfport School DistSchool district875FTE
  7. Golden Nugget BiloxiHotels, resort, with casinos838
  8. Biloxi Public School DistSchool district819FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 148 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 20,809 people in all across the county; Lyman has one of its own. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lyman’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Harrison County.