Bystrom vs Empire

A side-by-side comparison of Bystrom and Empire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bystrom has the higher population (4,109 vs 3,867 in Empire). Empire has the higher median household income ($48,990 vs $42,212 in Bystrom). Empire has the higher median home value ($306,700 vs $250,300 in Bystrom).

Population, income & housing

	Bystrom	Empire
Population	4,109	3,867
Median age	27.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,212	$48,990
Median home value	$250,300	$306,700
Median gross rent	$1,238	$1,106
Housing units	1,171	1,198
Homeownership rate	51.2%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	18.7%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bystrom	Empire
Population	3,759 → 4,109 (+9.3%)	4,051 → 3,867 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$32,519 → $42,212 (+29.8%)	$38,477 → $48,990 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $250,300 (+63.3%)	$160,400 → $306,700 (+91.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,062 → $1,238 (+16.6%)	$816 → $1,106 (+35.5%)

Bystrom

Population

3,7594,109

Median household income

$32,519$42,212

Median home value

$153,300$250,300

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,238

Empire

Population

4,0513,867

Median household income

$38,477$48,990

Median home value

$160,400$306,700

Median gross rent

$816$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bystrom	Empire
Under 5	9.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	24.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	4.9%	11.0%
75 and over	1.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bystrom	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	14.7%	38.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	6.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	77.3%	58.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bystrom	Empire
No high school diploma	36.4%	26.4%
High school graduate	32.3%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bystrom	Empire
Drove alone	78.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	13.7%	15.2%
Public transit	5.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	2.0%
Other means	1.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bystrom	Empire
1-unit, detached	63.9%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.3%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Bystrom	Empire
Poverty rate	30.5%	28.7%
Average household size	3.47	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1977	1972