Byron vs Chester

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

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

Chester has the higher population (274 vs 81 in Byron). Byron has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $54,875 in Chester). Chester has the higher median home value ($72,600 vs $46,000 in Byron).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Chester
Population	81	274
Median age	56.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$54,875
Median home value	$46,000	$72,600
Median gross rent	$670	$850
Housing units	54	135
Homeownership rate	75.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Chester
Population	94 → 81 (-13.8%)	289 → 274 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$53,036 → $60,625 (+14.3%)	$44,375 → $54,875 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$27,100 → $46,000 (+69.7%)	$44,200 → $72,600 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $670 (+15.7%)	$775 → $850 (+9.7%)

Byron

Population

9481

Median household income

$53,036$60,625

Median home value

$27,100$46,000

Median gross rent

$579$670

Chester

Population

289274

Median household income

$44,375$54,875

Median home value

$44,200$72,600

Median gross rent

$775$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Chester
Under 5	3.7%	10.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	2.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	6.9%
55 to 64	24.7%	21.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	6.6%
75 and over	16.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.9%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Chester
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	11.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	57.6%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Chester
Drove alone	90.9%	80.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Chester
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	Chester
Poverty rate	11.1%	12.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	13
Median year structure built	1956	1938