Byron vs Carleton

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

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

Carleton has the higher population (180 vs 81 in Byron). Carleton has the higher median household income ($79,118 vs $60,625 in Byron). Carleton has the higher median home value ($87,300 vs $46,000 in Byron).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Carleton
Population	81	180
Median age	56.6 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$79,118
Median home value	$46,000	$87,300
Median gross rent	$670	—
Housing units	54	64
Homeownership rate	75.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Carleton
Population	94 → 81 (-13.8%)	54 → 180 (+233.3%)
Median household income	$53,036 → $60,625 (+14.3%)	$86,875 → $79,118 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$27,100 → $46,000 (+69.7%)	$63,800 → $87,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $670 (+15.7%)	—

Byron

Population

9481

Median household income

$53,036$60,625

Median home value

$27,100$46,000

Median gross rent

$579$670

Carleton

Population

54180

Median household income

$86,875$79,118

Median home value

$63,800$87,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Carleton
Under 5	3.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	18.3%
25 to 34	2.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	21.7%
55 to 64	24.7%	6.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	3.3%
75 and over	16.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Carleton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Carleton
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.9%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	57.6%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Carleton
Drove alone	90.9%	64.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	11.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Carleton
1-unit, detached	98.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Byron	Carleton
Poverty rate	11.1%	1.1%
Average household size	2.19	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1956	1940