Byron vs Mountain View

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

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

Mountain View has the higher population (2,072 vs 1,876 in Byron). Byron has the higher median household income ($92,813 vs $84,818 in Mountain View). Byron has the higher median home value ($862,200 vs $545,100 in Mountain View).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Mountain View
Population	1,876	2,072
Median age	45.0 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,813	$84,818
Median home value	$862,200	$545,100
Median gross rent	$2,488	$1,888
Housing units	535	909
Homeownership rate	63.0%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Mountain View
Population	1,304 → 1,876 (+43.9%)	1,970 → 2,072 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $92,813 (+35.0%)	$72,222 → $84,818 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$593,100 → $862,200 (+45.4%)	$421,500 → $545,100 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,429 → $2,488 (+74.1%)	$1,529 → $1,888 (+23.5%)

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

Mountain View

Population

1,9702,072

Median household income

$72,222$84,818

Median home value

$421,500$545,100

Median gross rent

$1,529$1,888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Mountain View
Under 5	2.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	19.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	3.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	24.2%
55 to 64	20.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.7%
75 and over	4.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	50.2%	65.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	44.5%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Mountain View
No high school diploma	15.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	21.7%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Mountain View
Drove alone	72.2%	55.5%
Carpooled	15.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	18.5%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	85.8%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Mountain View
Poverty rate	15.5%	7.3%
Average household size	3.50	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1978	1950