Byron Center vs Cedar Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Byron Center and Cedar Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Byron Center and Cedar Springs are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Byron Center has the higher population (6,817 vs 3,661 in Cedar Springs). Byron Center has the higher median household income ($112,324 vs $56,711 in Cedar Springs). Byron Center has the higher median home value ($359,400 vs $203,400 in Cedar Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Byron Center	Cedar Springs
Population	6,817	3,661
Median age	41.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,324	$56,711
Median home value	$359,400	$203,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,096
Housing units	2,301	1,529
Homeownership rate	97.8%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron Center	Cedar Springs
Population	7,089 → 6,817 (-3.8%)	3,666 → 3,661 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$77,250 → $112,324 (+45.4%)	$48,898 → $56,711 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$246,700 → $359,400 (+45.7%)	$119,200 → $203,400 (+70.6%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $982 (+16.4%)	$800 → $1,096 (+37.0%)

Byron Center

Population

7,0896,817

Median household income

$77,250$112,324

Median home value

$246,700$359,400

Median gross rent

$844$982

Cedar Springs

Population

3,6663,661

Median household income

$48,898$56,711

Median home value

$119,200$203,400

Median gross rent

$800$1,096

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron Center	Cedar Springs
Under 5	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	25.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	4.5%
75 and over	3.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron Center	Cedar Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	2.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron Center	Cedar Springs
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	21.9%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron Center	Cedar Springs
Drove alone	84.5%	75.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron Center	Cedar Springs
1-unit, detached	82.7%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Byron Center	Cedar Springs
Poverty rate	2.3%	25.3%
Average household size	3.10	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1998	1980