Byram vs Utica

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

Byram and Utica 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 779 in Utica). Byram has the higher median household income ($74,103 vs $36,750 in Utica). Byram has the higher median home value ($177,200 vs $90,800 in Utica).

Population, income & housing

	Byram	Utica
Population	12,847	779
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,103	$36,750
Median home value	$177,200	$90,800
Median gross rent	$1,318	$813
Housing units	5,592	378
Homeownership rate	79.9%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byram	Utica
Population	11,578 → 12,847 (+11.0%)	820 → 779 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$66,641 → $74,103 (+11.2%)	$31,741 → $36,750 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $177,200 (+25.1%)	$69,100 → $90,800 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,318 (+16.8%)	$792 → $813 (+2.7%)

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

Utica

Population

820779

Median household income

$31,741$36,750

Median home value

$69,100$90,800

Median gross rent

$792$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byram	Utica
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	17.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	14.5%	24.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	14.1%
75 and over	5.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byram	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	17.5%
Black or African American	72.7%	80.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byram	Utica
No high school diploma	4.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	21.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byram	Utica
Drove alone	78.9%	93.6%
Carpooled	13.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byram	Utica
1-unit, detached	79.8%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Byram	Utica
Poverty rate	9.1%	33.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	2001	1973