Byron Center vs Northview

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

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

Northview has the higher population (15,225 vs 6,817 in Byron Center). Byron Center has the higher median household income ($112,324 vs $82,853 in Northview). Byron Center has the higher median home value ($359,400 vs $262,200 in Northview).

Population, income & housing

	Byron Center	Northview
Population	6,817	15,225
Median age	41.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,324	$82,853
Median home value	$359,400	$262,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,313
Housing units	2,301	6,574
Homeownership rate	97.8%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron Center	Northview
Population	7,089 → 6,817 (-3.8%)	15,394 → 15,225 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$77,250 → $112,324 (+45.4%)	$60,829 → $82,853 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$246,700 → $359,400 (+45.7%)	$167,700 → $262,200 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $982 (+16.4%)	$969 → $1,313 (+35.5%)

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

Northview

Population

15,39415,225

Median household income

$60,829$82,853

Median home value

$167,700$262,200

Median gross rent

$969$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron Center	Northview
Under 5	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	25.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	6.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.5%
75 and over	3.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron Center	Northview
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron Center	Northview
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	21.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron Center	Northview
Drove alone	84.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.4%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron Center	Northview
1-unit, detached	82.7%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	13.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Byron Center	Northview
Poverty rate	2.3%	6.5%
Average household size	3.10	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1998	1977