Byron Center vs Comstock Park

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

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

Comstock Park has the higher population (10,306 vs 6,817 in Byron Center). Byron Center has the higher median household income ($112,324 vs $54,871 in Comstock Park). Byron Center has the higher median home value ($359,400 vs $216,600 in Comstock Park).

Population, income & housing

	Byron Center	Comstock Park
Population	6,817	10,306
Median age	41.6 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$112,324	$54,871
Median home value	$359,400	$216,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,070
Housing units	2,301	4,511
Homeownership rate	97.8%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron Center	Comstock Park
Population	7,089 → 6,817 (-3.8%)	10,306 → 10,306 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$77,250 → $112,324 (+45.4%)	$46,677 → $54,871 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$246,700 → $359,400 (+45.7%)	$152,100 → $216,600 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $982 (+16.4%)	$821 → $1,070 (+30.3%)

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

Comstock Park

Population

10,30610,306

Median household income

$46,677$54,871

Median home value

$152,100$216,600

Median gross rent

$821$1,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron Center	Comstock Park
Under 5	4.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	25.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	19.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	15.6%	6.7%
75 and over	3.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron Center	Comstock Park
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	7.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron Center	Comstock Park
No high school diploma	1.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	21.9%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron Center	Comstock Park
Drove alone	84.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.4%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron Center	Comstock Park
1-unit, detached	82.7%	41.1%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	33.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Byron Center	Comstock Park
Poverty rate	2.3%	11.6%
Average household size	3.10	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1998	1986