Byron vs Middletown

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

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

Byron has the higher population (654 vs 603 in Middletown). Byron has the higher median household income ($64,135 vs $46,700 in Middletown). Byron has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $85,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Middletown
Population	654	603
Median age	38.0 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,135	$46,700
Median home value	$177,500	$85,300
Median gross rent	$950	$870
Housing units	287	368
Homeownership rate	82.5%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Middletown
Population	494 → 654 (+32.4%)	834 → 603 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $64,135 (+8.0%)	$36,528 → $46,700 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $177,500 (+62.5%)	$67,800 → $85,300 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $950 (+52.0%)	$578 → $870 (+50.5%)

Byron

Population

494654

Median household income

$59,375$64,135

Median home value

$109,200$177,500

Median gross rent

$625$950

Middletown

Population

834603

Median household income

$36,528$46,700

Median home value

$67,800$85,300

Median gross rent

$578$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Middletown
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	6.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	19.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	23.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.8%
75 and over	6.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Middletown
No high school diploma	9.5%	19.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Middletown
Drove alone	78.5%	66.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	28.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.7%
Worked from home	10.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Middletown
1-unit, detached	77.0%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Middletown
Poverty rate	9.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1959	1960