Byram vs Compo

A side-by-side comparison of Byram and Compo: population, income, housing, and more.

Byram and Compo are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Byram has the higher population (5,011 vs 3,561 in Compo). Compo has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $92,444 in Byram). Compo has the higher median home value ($1,356,900 vs $790,800 in Byram).

Population, income & housing

	Byram	Compo
Population	5,011	3,561
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,444	$250,001
Median home value	$790,800	$1,356,900
Median gross rent	$2,392	—
Housing units	1,903	1,281
Homeownership rate	44.4%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.0%	81.6%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byram	Compo
Population	4,560 → 5,011 (+9.9%)	3,800 → 3,561 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$81,324 → $92,444 (+13.7%)	$170,500 → $250,001 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$678,100 → $790,800 (+16.6%)	$1,021,700 → $1,356,900 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,901 → $2,392 (+25.8%)	$1,352 → $1,405 (+3.9%)

Byram

Population

4,5605,011

Median household income

$81,324$92,444

Median home value

$678,100$790,800

Median gross rent

$1,901$2,392

Compo

Population

3,8003,561

Median household income

$170,500$250,001

Median home value

$1,021,700$1,356,900

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,405

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byram	Compo
Under 5	7.1%	9.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.7%
75 and over	5.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byram	Compo
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	73.9%
Black or African American	6.1%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	38.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byram	Compo
No high school diploma	9.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	16.1%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	7.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	40.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byram	Compo
Drove alone	72.2%	41.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.7%
Public transit	2.8%	14.5%
Walked	4.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	34.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byram	Compo
1-unit, detached	33.3%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	46.1%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byram	Compo
Poverty rate	4.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1953	1967