Cato vs Port Byron

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

Cato and Port Byron are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Byron has the higher population (994 vs 400 in Cato). Cato has the higher median household income ($65,982 vs $51,528 in Port Byron). Cato has the higher median home value ($154,600 vs $100,000 in Port Byron).

Population, income & housing

	Cato	Port Byron
Population	400	994
Median age	38.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,982	$51,528
Median home value	$154,600	$100,000
Median gross rent	$840	$991
Housing units	190	448
Homeownership rate	64.2%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cato	Port Byron
Population	521 → 400 (-23.2%)	1,035 → 994 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$55,893 → $65,982 (+18.1%)	$54,318 → $51,528 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $154,600 (+41.1%)	$86,300 → $100,000 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $840 (+12.9%)	$667 → $991 (+48.6%)

Cato

Population

521400

Median household income

$55,893$65,982

Median home value

$109,600$154,600

Median gross rent

$744$840

Port Byron

Population

1,035994

Median household income

$54,318$51,528

Median home value

$86,300$100,000

Median gross rent

$667$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cato	Port Byron
Under 5	4.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	20.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	2.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	15.3%	12.1%
75 and over	4.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cato	Port Byron
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cato	Port Byron
No high school diploma	6.9%	18.9%
High school graduate	41.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cato	Port Byron
Drove alone	78.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.5%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cato	Port Byron
1-unit, detached	66.3%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	4.2%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Cato	Port Byron
Poverty rate	8.1%	17.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938