Bolton vs Byram

A side-by-side comparison of Bolton and Byram: population, income, housing, and more.

Bolton and Byram are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Byram has the higher population (12,847 vs 693 in Bolton). Byram has the higher median household income ($74,103 vs $36,563 in Bolton). Byram has the higher median home value ($177,200 vs $46,200 in Bolton).

Population, income & housing

	Bolton	Byram
Population	693	12,847
Median age	45.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,563	$74,103
Median home value	$46,200	$177,200
Median gross rent	$622	$1,318
Housing units	264	5,592
Homeownership rate	67.4%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolton	Byram
Population	878 → 693 (-21.1%)	11,578 → 12,847 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$47,153 → $36,563 (-22.5%)	$66,641 → $74,103 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $46,200 (-29.7%)	$141,700 → $177,200 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$498 → $622 (+24.9%)	$1,128 → $1,318 (+16.8%)

Bolton

Population

878693

Median household income

$47,153$36,563

Median home value

$65,700$46,200

Median gross rent

$498$622

Byram

Population

11,57812,847

Median household income

$66,641$74,103

Median home value

$141,700$177,200

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolton	Byram
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	8.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	17.3%
35 to 44	18.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	22.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.6%
75 and over	9.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolton	Byram
White (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	24.4%
Black or African American	86.0%	72.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolton	Byram
No high school diploma	25.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolton	Byram
Drove alone	93.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	1.3%	13.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolton	Byram
1-unit, detached	41.7%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	43.2%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Bolton	Byram
Poverty rate	13.7%	9.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1980	2001