Byron vs Shaftsburg

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

Byron and Shaftsburg 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 498 in Shaftsburg). Shaftsburg has the higher median household income ($90,054 vs $64,135 in Byron). Shaftsburg has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $177,500 in Byron).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Shaftsburg
Population	654	498
Median age	38.0 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,135	$90,054
Median home value	$177,500	$235,900
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	287	296
Homeownership rate	82.5%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Shaftsburg
Population	494 → 654 (+32.4%)	293 → 498 (+70.0%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $64,135 (+8.0%)	$49,432 → $90,054 (+82.2%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $177,500 (+62.5%)	$193,500 → $235,900 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $950 (+52.0%)	$777 → $855 (+10.0%)

Byron

Population

494654

Median household income

$59,375$64,135

Median home value

$109,200$177,500

Median gross rent

$625$950

Shaftsburg

Population

293498

Median household income

$49,432$90,054

Median home value

$193,500$235,900

Median gross rent

$777$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Shaftsburg
Under 5	5.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	10.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.7%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	19.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	20.1%
75 and over	6.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Shaftsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Shaftsburg
No high school diploma	9.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Shaftsburg
Drove alone	78.5%	77.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Shaftsburg
1-unit, detached	77.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Shaftsburg
Poverty rate	9.2%	4.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	37	22
Median year structure built	1959	1979