Byron vs Marion

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

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

Byron has the higher population (6,510 vs 308 in Marion). Byron has the higher median home value ($326,400 vs $235,800 in Marion). Since 2019, Byron's population has grown faster (+19.2% vs -5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Marion
Population	6,510	308
Median age	37.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$121,681	—
Median home value	$326,400	$235,800
Median gross rent	$1,079	—
Housing units	2,453	129
Homeownership rate	81.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Marion
Population	5,462 → 6,510 (+19.2%)	326 → 308 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$94,153 → $121,681 (+29.2%)	$111,750 → $119,500 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$218,400 → $326,400 (+49.5%)	$304,300 → $235,800 (-22.5%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,079 (+12.7%)	—

Byron

Population

5,4626,510

Median household income

$94,153$121,681

Median home value

$218,400$326,400

Median gross rent

$957$1,079

Marion

Population

326308

Median household income

$111,750$119,500

Median home value

$304,300$235,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Marion
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.9%	25.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	1.9%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	18.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	2.3%
75 and over	5.3%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Marion
No high school diploma	0.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	18.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Marion
Drove alone	69.0%	96.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	4.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Marion
1-unit, detached	77.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Marion
Poverty rate	6.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	2000	1948