Byron vs Laingsburg

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

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

Laingsburg has the higher population (1,640 vs 654 in Byron). Laingsburg has the higher median household income ($75,547 vs $64,135 in Byron). Laingsburg has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $177,500 in Byron).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Laingsburg
Population	654	1,640
Median age	38.0 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,135	$75,547
Median home value	$177,500	$202,600
Median gross rent	$950	$755
Housing units	287	556
Homeownership rate	82.5%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Laingsburg
Population	494 → 654 (+32.4%)	1,264 → 1,640 (+29.7%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $64,135 (+8.0%)	$61,250 → $75,547 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $177,500 (+62.5%)	$142,600 → $202,600 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $950 (+52.0%)	$730 → $755 (+3.4%)

Byron

Population

494654

Median household income

$59,375$64,135

Median home value

$109,200$177,500

Median gross rent

$625$950

Laingsburg

Population

1,2641,640

Median household income

$61,250$75,547

Median home value

$142,600$202,600

Median gross rent

$730$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Laingsburg
Under 5	5.0%	18.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	5.7%
75 and over	6.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Laingsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Laingsburg
No high school diploma	9.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	33.0%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Laingsburg
Drove alone	78.5%	84.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Laingsburg
1-unit, detached	77.0%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Laingsburg
Poverty rate	9.2%	26.3%
Average household size	2.61	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1959	1970