Byron vs Mount Morris

A side-by-side comparison of Byron and Mount Morris: population, income, housing, and more.

Byron and Mount Morris are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Byron has the higher population (3,742 vs 2,679 in Mount Morris). Byron has the higher median household income ($78,235 vs $38,162 in Mount Morris). Byron has the higher median home value ($182,600 vs $117,600 in Mount Morris).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Mount Morris
Population	3,742	2,679
Median age	35.8 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,235	$38,162
Median home value	$182,600	$117,600
Median gross rent	$941	$487
Housing units	1,521	1,385
Homeownership rate	70.9%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Mount Morris
Population	3,611 → 3,742 (+3.6%)	3,172 → 2,679 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$61,471 → $78,235 (+27.3%)	$44,601 → $38,162 (-14.4%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $182,600 (+27.4%)	$94,900 → $117,600 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $941 (+23.5%)	$646 → $487 (-24.6%)

Byron

Population

3,6113,742

Median household income

$61,471$78,235

Median home value

$143,300$182,600

Median gross rent

$762$941

Mount Morris

Population

3,1722,679

Median household income

$44,601$38,162

Median home value

$94,900$117,600

Median gross rent

$646$487

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Mount Morris
Under 5	7.7%	13.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	8.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	14.7%
75 and over	8.5%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Mount Morris
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Mount Morris
No high school diploma	4.6%	18.7%
High school graduate	28.1%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Mount Morris
Drove alone	78.2%	70.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	15.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.7%
Walked	3.8%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Mount Morris
1-unit, detached	74.3%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Mount Morris
Poverty rate	9.0%	20.6%
Average household size	2.48	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1984	1957