Byron Center vs Rockford

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

Byron Center and Rockford 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 6,162 in Rockford). Byron Center has the higher median household income ($112,324 vs $100,156 in Rockford). Byron Center has the higher median home value ($359,400 vs $294,800 in Rockford).

Population, income & housing

	Byron Center	Rockford
Population	6,817	6,162
Median age	41.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$112,324	$100,156
Median home value	$359,400	$294,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,088
Housing units	2,301	2,761
Homeownership rate	97.8%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron Center	Rockford
Population	7,089 → 6,817 (-3.8%)	6,254 → 6,162 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$77,250 → $112,324 (+45.4%)	$64,920 → $100,156 (+54.3%)
Median home value	$246,700 → $359,400 (+45.7%)	$187,600 → $294,800 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $982 (+16.4%)	$837 → $1,088 (+30.0%)

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

Rockford

Population

6,2546,162

Median household income

$64,920$100,156

Median home value

$187,600$294,800

Median gross rent

$837$1,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron Center	Rockford
Under 5	4.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	25.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	6.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	10.5%
75 and over	3.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron Center	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron Center	Rockford
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	21.9%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron Center	Rockford
Drove alone	84.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	20.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron Center	Rockford
1-unit, detached	82.7%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byron Center	Rockford
Poverty rate	2.3%	4.9%
Average household size	3.10	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1998	1991