Byron vs Fort Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Byron and Fort Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Byron and Fort Valley are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Valley has the higher population (8,808 vs 5,839 in Byron). Byron has the higher median household income ($86,265 vs $39,714 in Fort Valley). Byron has the higher median home value ($230,100 vs $116,400 in Fort Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Fort Valley
Population	5,839	8,808
Median age	32.8 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,265	$39,714
Median home value	$230,100	$116,400
Median gross rent	$846	$830
Housing units	2,223	4,137
Homeownership rate	85.6%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Fort Valley
Population	5,149 → 5,839 (+13.4%)	8,742 → 8,808 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$54,433 → $86,265 (+58.5%)	$22,613 → $39,714 (+75.6%)
Median home value	$164,100 → $230,100 (+40.2%)	$80,500 → $116,400 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $846 (+10.2%)	$622 → $830 (+33.4%)

Byron

Population

5,1495,839

Median household income

$54,433$86,265

Median home value

$164,100$230,100

Median gross rent

$768$846

Fort Valley

Population

8,7428,808

Median household income

$22,613$39,714

Median home value

$80,500$116,400

Median gross rent

$622$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Fort Valley
Under 5	7.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	23.5%
25 to 34	19.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	6.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.6%
75 and over	3.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Fort Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	21.1%
Black or African American	50.2%	69.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Fort Valley
No high school diploma	5.4%	23.8%
High school graduate	23.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Fort Valley
Drove alone	68.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	1.7%
Other means	3.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Fort Valley
1-unit, detached	86.8%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	20.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Fort Valley
Poverty rate	11.4%	30.8%
Average household size	2.78	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	2004	1971