Byron vs Gilead

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

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

Byron has the higher population (81 vs 25 in Gilead). Gilead has the higher median household income ($65,313 vs $60,625 in Byron). Gilead has the higher median home value ($55,000 vs $46,000 in Byron).

Population, income & housing

	Byron	Gilead
Population	81	25
Median age	56.6 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$65,313
Median home value	$46,000	$55,000
Median gross rent	$670	—
Housing units	54	13
Homeownership rate	75.7%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byron	Gilead
Population	94 → 81 (-13.8%)	38 → 25 (-34.2%)
Median household income	$53,036 → $60,625 (+14.3%)	$57,188 → $65,313 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$27,100 → $46,000 (+69.7%)	$44,200 → $55,000 (+24.4%)
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

Gilead

Population

3825

Median household income

$57,188$65,313

Median home value

$44,200$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byron	Gilead
Under 5	3.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.5%	24.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	36.0%
55 to 64	24.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	16.0%
75 and over	16.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byron	Gilead
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byron	Gilead
No high school diploma	6.8%	16.7%
High school graduate	11.9%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	57.6%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byron	Gilead
Drove alone	90.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byron	Gilead
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	Gilead
Poverty rate	11.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.19	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1956	1973