Byron vs Knightsen

A side-by-side comparison of Byron and Knightsen: population, income, housing, and more.

Byron and Knightsen are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Knightsen has the higher population (2,018 vs 1,876 in Byron). Knightsen has the higher median household income ($173,564 vs $92,813 in Byron). Byron has the higher median home value ($862,200 vs $861,100 in Knightsen).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Knightsen
Population	1,876	2,018
Median age	45.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,813	$173,564
Median home value	$862,200	$861,100
Median gross rent	$2,488	$2,194
Housing units	535	631
Homeownership rate	63.0%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Knightsen
Population	1,304 → 1,876 (+43.9%)	1,176 → 2,018 (+71.6%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $92,813 (+35.0%)	$104,375 → $173,564 (+66.3%)
Median home value	$593,100 → $862,200 (+45.4%)	$705,400 → $861,100 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,429 → $2,488 (+74.1%)	$1,703 → $2,194 (+28.8%)

Byron

Population

1,3041,876

Median household income

$68,750$92,813

Median home value

$593,100$862,200

Median gross rent

$1,429$2,488

Knightsen

Population

1,1762,018

Median household income

$104,375$173,564

Median home value

$705,400$861,100

Median gross rent

$1,703$2,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Knightsen
Under 5	2.8%	10.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	9.9%
18 to 24	19.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	3.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	20.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.1%
75 and over	4.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Knightsen
White (non-Hispanic)	50.2%	49.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	44.5%	35.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Knightsen
No high school diploma	15.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	21.7%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Knightsen
Drove alone	72.2%	46.8%
Carpooled	15.8%	24.6%
Public transit	0.0%	8.8%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Knightsen
1-unit, detached	85.8%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Knightsen
Poverty rate	15.5%	1.3%
Average household size	3.50	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	41	56
Median year structure built	1978	1981