Byron Center vs Sparta

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

Byron Center and Sparta 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 4,260 in Sparta). Byron Center has the higher median household income ($112,324 vs $55,474 in Sparta). Byron Center has the higher median home value ($359,400 vs $190,100 in Sparta).

Population, income & housing

	Byron Center	Sparta
Population	6,817	4,260
Median age	41.6 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$112,324	$55,474
Median home value	$359,400	$190,100
Median gross rent	—	$954
Housing units	2,301	1,834
Homeownership rate	97.8%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron Center	Sparta
Population	7,089 → 6,817 (-3.8%)	4,354 → 4,260 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$77,250 → $112,324 (+45.4%)	$44,471 → $55,474 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$246,700 → $359,400 (+45.7%)	$119,700 → $190,100 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $982 (+16.4%)	$764 → $954 (+24.9%)

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

Sparta

Population

4,3544,260

Median household income

$44,471$55,474

Median home value

$119,700$190,100

Median gross rent

$764$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron Center	Sparta
Under 5	4.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	25.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.0%
75 and over	3.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron Center	Sparta
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron Center	Sparta
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	21.9%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron Center	Sparta
Drove alone	84.5%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron Center	Sparta
1-unit, detached	82.7%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byron Center	Sparta
Poverty rate	2.3%	11.3%
Average household size	3.10	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1998	1965