Byram vs Raymond

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

Byram and Raymond 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 1,856 in Raymond). Byram has the higher median household income ($74,103 vs $46,875 in Raymond). Raymond has the higher median home value ($206,000 vs $177,200 in Byram).

Population, income & housing

	Byram	Raymond
Population	12,847	1,856
Median age	37.6 yrs	20.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,103	$46,875
Median home value	$177,200	$206,000
Median gross rent	$1,318	$689
Housing units	5,592	432
Homeownership rate	79.9%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byram	Raymond
Population	11,578 → 12,847 (+11.0%)	1,986 → 1,856 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$66,641 → $74,103 (+11.2%)	$29,375 → $46,875 (+59.6%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $177,200 (+25.1%)	$121,200 → $206,000 (+70.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,318 (+16.8%)	$577 → $689 (+19.4%)

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

Raymond

Population

1,9861,856

Median household income

$29,375$46,875

Median home value

$121,200$206,000

Median gross rent

$577$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byram	Raymond
Under 5	5.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	4.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	66.3%
25 to 34	17.3%	6.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	2.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	5.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	6.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.2%
75 and over	5.3%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byram	Raymond
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	42.5%
Black or African American	72.7%	55.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byram	Raymond
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	21.3%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byram	Raymond
Drove alone	78.9%	62.1%
Carpooled	13.2%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	9.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byram	Raymond
1-unit, detached	79.8%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	11.1%
20 or more units	1.7%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byram	Raymond
Poverty rate	9.1%	18.2%
Average household size	2.48	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	2001	1967