Byron Center vs East Grand Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Byron Center and East Grand Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Grand Rapids has the higher population (11,394 vs 6,817 in Byron Center). East Grand Rapids has the higher median household income ($168,487 vs $112,324 in Byron Center). East Grand Rapids has the higher median home value ($488,500 vs $359,400 in Byron Center).

Population, income & housing

	Byron Center	East Grand Rapids
Population	6,817	11,394
Median age	41.6 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,324	$168,487
Median home value	$359,400	$488,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,845
Housing units	2,301	3,895
Homeownership rate	97.8%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	82.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron Center	East Grand Rapids
Population	7,089 → 6,817 (-3.8%)	11,759 → 11,394 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$77,250 → $112,324 (+45.4%)	$144,922 → $168,487 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$246,700 → $359,400 (+45.7%)	$374,000 → $488,500 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $982 (+16.4%)	$1,511 → $1,845 (+22.1%)

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

East Grand Rapids

Population

11,75911,394

Median household income

$144,922$168,487

Median home value

$374,000$488,500

Median gross rent

$1,511$1,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron Center	East Grand Rapids
Under 5	4.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	25.3%	25.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.9%
75 and over	3.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron Center	East Grand Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron Center	East Grand Rapids
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.7%
High school graduate	21.9%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron Center	East Grand Rapids
Drove alone	84.5%	66.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.4%	23.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron Center	East Grand Rapids
1-unit, detached	82.7%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Byron Center	East Grand Rapids
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.5%
Average household size	3.10	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1998	1954