Byram vs Pemberwick

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

Byram and Pemberwick 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 3,455 in Pemberwick). Pemberwick has the higher median household income ($134,375 vs $92,444 in Byram). Pemberwick has the higher median home value ($892,600 vs $790,800 in Byram).

Population, income & housing

	Byram	Pemberwick
Population	5,011	3,455
Median age	38.3 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,444	$134,375
Median home value	$790,800	$892,600
Median gross rent	$2,392	$2,382
Housing units	1,903	1,428
Homeownership rate	44.4%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.0%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byram	Pemberwick
Population	4,560 → 5,011 (+9.9%)	4,083 → 3,455 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$81,324 → $92,444 (+13.7%)	$98,438 → $134,375 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$678,100 → $790,800 (+16.6%)	$650,800 → $892,600 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,901 → $2,392 (+25.8%)	$1,977 → $2,382 (+20.5%)

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

Pemberwick

Population

4,0833,455

Median household income

$98,438$134,375

Median home value

$650,800$892,600

Median gross rent

$1,977$2,382

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byram	Pemberwick
Under 5	7.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	14.5%
75 and over	5.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byram	Pemberwick
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	38.1%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byram	Pemberwick
No high school diploma	9.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	16.1%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byram	Pemberwick
Drove alone	72.2%	72.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.6%
Public transit	2.8%	4.6%
Walked	4.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	15.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byram	Pemberwick
1-unit, detached	33.3%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	46.1%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byram	Pemberwick
Poverty rate	4.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1953	1957