Byron vs Vernon

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

Byron and Vernon 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 623 in Vernon). Vernon has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $64,135 in Byron). Byron has the higher median home value ($177,500 vs $122,000 in Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Vernon
Population	654	623
Median age	38.0 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,135	$67,292
Median home value	$177,500	$122,000
Median gross rent	$950	$1,063
Housing units	287	272
Homeownership rate	82.5%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Vernon
Population	494 → 654 (+32.4%)	679 → 623 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $64,135 (+8.0%)	$64,688 → $67,292 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $177,500 (+62.5%)	$97,200 → $122,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $950 (+52.0%)	$725 → $1,063 (+46.6%)

Byron

Population

494654

Median household income

$59,375$64,135

Median home value

$109,200$177,500

Median gross rent

$625$950

Vernon

Population

679623

Median household income

$64,688$67,292

Median home value

$97,200$122,000

Median gross rent

$725$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Vernon
Under 5	5.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.4%
75 and over	6.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Vernon
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Vernon
Drove alone	78.5%	84.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Vernon
1-unit, detached	77.0%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Vernon
Poverty rate	9.2%	13.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1959	1955