Byron vs Polo

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

Byron and Polo 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 2,495 in Polo). Byron has the higher median household income ($78,235 vs $52,976 in Polo). Byron has the higher median home value ($182,600 vs $108,500 in Polo).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Polo
Population	3,742	2,495
Median age	35.8 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,235	$52,976
Median home value	$182,600	$108,500
Median gross rent	$941	$777
Housing units	1,521	1,154
Homeownership rate	70.9%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Polo
Population	3,611 → 3,742 (+3.6%)	2,133 → 2,495 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$61,471 → $78,235 (+27.3%)	$46,563 → $52,976 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $182,600 (+27.4%)	$90,100 → $108,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $941 (+23.5%)	$710 → $777 (+9.4%)

Byron

Population

3,6113,742

Median household income

$61,471$78,235

Median home value

$143,300$182,600

Median gross rent

$762$941

Polo

Population

2,1332,495

Median household income

$46,563$52,976

Median home value

$90,100$108,500

Median gross rent

$710$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Polo
Under 5	7.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	22.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	22.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.7%
75 and over	8.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Polo
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Polo
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	28.1%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Polo
Drove alone	78.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.9%
Public transit	1.6%	1.1%
Walked	3.8%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.4%
Other means	2.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Polo
1-unit, detached	74.3%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Polo
Poverty rate	9.0%	21.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1984	1953