Byram vs Old Greenwich

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

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

Old Greenwich has the higher population (6,904 vs 5,011 in Byram). Old Greenwich has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $92,444 in Byram). Old Greenwich has the higher median home value ($1,668,200 vs $790,800 in Byram).

Population, income & housing

	Byram	Old Greenwich
Population	5,011	6,904
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,444	$250,001
Median home value	$790,800	$1,668,200
Median gross rent	$2,392	$3,501
Housing units	1,903	2,482
Homeownership rate	44.4%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.0%	84.3%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byram	Old Greenwich
Population	4,560 → 5,011 (+9.9%)	6,844 → 6,904 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$81,324 → $92,444 (+13.7%)	$222,794 → $250,001 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$678,100 → $790,800 (+16.6%)	$1,561,200 → $1,668,200 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,901 → $2,392 (+25.8%)	$2,127 → $3,501 (+64.6%)

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

Old Greenwich

Population

6,8446,904

Median household income

$222,794$250,001

Median home value

$1,561,200$1,668,200

Median gross rent

$2,127$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byram	Old Greenwich
Under 5	7.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	25.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	2.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	17.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.5%
75 and over	5.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byram	Old Greenwich
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	77.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	38.1%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byram	Old Greenwich
No high school diploma	9.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	16.1%	6.6%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byram	Old Greenwich
Drove alone	72.2%	38.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.0%
Public transit	2.8%	19.8%
Walked	4.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.3%	38.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byram	Old Greenwich
1-unit, detached	33.3%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	46.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byram	Old Greenwich
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1953	1967