Byron vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (121,638 vs 6,510 in Byron). Byron has the higher median household income ($121,681 vs $87,767 in Rochester). Byron has the higher median home value ($326,400 vs $287,500 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Rochester
Population	6,510	121,638
Median age	37.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$121,681	$87,767
Median home value	$326,400	$287,500
Median gross rent	$1,079	$1,316
Housing units	2,453	53,595
Homeownership rate	81.2%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Rochester
Population	5,462 → 6,510 (+19.2%)	115,557 → 121,638 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$94,153 → $121,681 (+29.2%)	$73,106 → $87,767 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$218,400 → $326,400 (+49.5%)	$200,100 → $287,500 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,079 (+12.7%)	$974 → $1,316 (+35.1%)

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

Rochester

Population

115,557121,638

Median household income

$73,106$87,767

Median home value

$200,100$287,500

Median gross rent

$974$1,316

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Rochester
Under 5	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	25.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.8%
75 and over	5.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	71.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Rochester
No high school diploma	0.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	18.3%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Rochester
Drove alone	69.0%	65.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.1%
Public transit	1.2%	4.1%
Walked	0.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	20.7%	12.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Rochester
1-unit, detached	77.9%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	5.5%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Rochester
Poverty rate	6.2%	9.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	2000	1987