Byers vs Sawyer

A side-by-side comparison of Byers and Sawyer: population, income, housing, and more.

Byers and Sawyer are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sawyer has the higher population (119 vs 10 in Byers). Both have a median household income of $43,750. Sawyer has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $37,500 in Byers).

Population, income & housing

	Byers	Sawyer
Population	10	119
Median age	60.0 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$43,750
Median home value	$37,500	$60,000
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	11	90
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	1.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byers	Sawyer
Population	15 → 10 (-33.3%)	157 → 119 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$88,125 → $43,750 (-50.4%)	$46,875 → $43,750 (-6.7%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $37,500 (-55.9%)	$32,700 → $60,000 (+83.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$563 → $725 (+28.8%)

Byers

Population

1510

Median household income

$88,125$43,750

Median home value

$85,000$37,500

Sawyer

Population

157119

Median household income

$46,875$43,750

Median home value

$32,700$60,000

Median gross rent

$563$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byers	Sawyer
Under 5	0.0%	17.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	21.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	40.0%	0.8%
55 to 64	20.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	20.0%	10.1%
75 and over	20.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byers	Sawyer
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byers	Sawyer
No high school diploma	20.0%	28.3%
High school graduate	20.0%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	60.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byers	Sawyer
Drove alone	80.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	20.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byers	Sawyer
1-unit, detached	90.9%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Byers	Sawyer
Poverty rate	10.0%	5.0%
Average household size	1.67	2.16
Median year structure built	1943	1938