Byram vs Jackson

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

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

Jackson has the higher population (149,827 vs 12,847 in Byram). Byram has the higher median household income ($74,103 vs $43,238 in Jackson). Byram has the higher median home value ($177,200 vs $108,200 in Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Byram	Jackson
Population	12,847	149,827
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,103	$43,238
Median home value	$177,200	$108,200
Median gross rent	$1,318	$1,018
Housing units	5,592	75,103
Homeownership rate	79.9%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byram	Jackson
Population	11,578 → 12,847 (+11.0%)	166,383 → 149,827 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$66,641 → $74,103 (+11.2%)	$38,888 → $43,238 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $177,200 (+25.1%)	$90,700 → $108,200 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,318 (+16.8%)	$847 → $1,018 (+20.2%)

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

Jackson

Population

166,383149,827

Median household income

$38,888$43,238

Median home value

$90,700$108,200

Median gross rent

$847$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byram	Jackson
Under 5	5.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	17.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.4%
75 and over	5.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byram	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	14.1%
Black or African American	72.7%	81.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byram	Jackson
No high school diploma	4.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byram	Jackson
Drove alone	78.9%	75.1%
Carpooled	13.2%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	8.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byram	Jackson
1-unit, detached	79.8%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	15.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Byram	Jackson
Poverty rate	9.1%	26.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	2001	1969