Byers vs Strasburg

A side-by-side comparison of Byers and Strasburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Byers and Strasburg are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Strasburg has the higher population (3,249 vs 1,804 in Byers). Byers has the higher median household income ($88,607 vs $81,607 in Strasburg). Strasburg has the higher median home value ($445,100 vs $400,000 in Byers).

Population, income & housing

	Byers	Strasburg
Population	1,804	3,249
Median age	28.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,607	$81,607
Median home value	$400,000	$445,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,177
Housing units	604	1,152
Homeownership rate	83.4%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byers	Strasburg
Population	1,344 → 1,804 (+34.2%)	3,013 → 3,249 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$69,776 → $88,607 (+27.0%)	$77,527 → $81,607 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $400,000 (+137.0%)	$296,500 → $445,100 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,250 (+11.1%)	$872 → $1,177 (+35.0%)

Byers

Population

1,3441,804

Median household income

$69,776$88,607

Median home value

$168,800$400,000

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,250

Strasburg

Population

3,0133,249

Median household income

$77,527$81,607

Median home value

$296,500$445,100

Median gross rent

$872$1,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byers	Strasburg
Under 5	7.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	24.6%
18 to 24	15.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	8.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	20.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	4.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	13.4%
75 and over	3.2%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byers	Strasburg
White (non-Hispanic)	56.6%	69.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	40.4%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byers	Strasburg
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	45.7%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byers	Strasburg
Drove alone	81.5%	75.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	14.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byers	Strasburg
1-unit, detached	74.8%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Byers	Strasburg
Poverty rate	4.0%	14.1%
Average household size	3.22	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	39	30
Median year structure built	1980	1999