Byron vs Oregon

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

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

Oregon has the higher population (3,821 vs 3,742 in Byron). Byron has the higher median household income ($78,235 vs $69,632 in Oregon). Byron has the higher median home value ($182,600 vs $140,100 in Oregon).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Oregon
Population	3,742	3,821
Median age	35.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,235	$69,632
Median home value	$182,600	$140,100
Median gross rent	$941	$835
Housing units	1,521	1,817
Homeownership rate	70.9%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Oregon
Population	3,611 → 3,742 (+3.6%)	3,819 → 3,821 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$61,471 → $78,235 (+27.3%)	$51,875 → $69,632 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $182,600 (+27.4%)	$117,100 → $140,100 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $941 (+23.5%)	$520 → $835 (+60.6%)

Byron

Population

3,6113,742

Median household income

$61,471$78,235

Median home value

$143,300$182,600

Median gross rent

$762$941

Oregon

Population

3,8193,821

Median household income

$51,875$69,632

Median home value

$117,100$140,100

Median gross rent

$520$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Oregon
Under 5	7.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	6.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	13.2%
75 and over	8.5%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Oregon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Oregon
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	28.1%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Oregon
Drove alone	78.2%	88.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Oregon
1-unit, detached	74.3%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Oregon
Poverty rate	9.0%	12.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1984	1954