About Byron

Byron is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,487 people and just one neighborhood, Byron is the 193rd largest community in Minnesota.

Unlike some cities , Byron isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Byron are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Byron is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Byron who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.46%), healthcare (12.10%), and sales jobs (9.21%).

Also of interest is that Byron has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Byron is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Byron's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the benefits of Byron is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.36 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Byron is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Byron isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.63% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small city, Byron does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Byron Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Byron is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 25.69% of adults in Byron have a college degree.

The per capita income in Byron in 2000 was $20,297, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,188 for a family of four. However, Byron contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Byron home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Byron is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Byron include German, Norwegian, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Byron is English.