Byron is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 5,967 people and six associated neighborhoods, Byron is the 138th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Byron was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Byron economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Byron, where the median household income is $83,996.00.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 20.76% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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

The percentage of people in Byron who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.58% of adults in Byron have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Byron in 2018 was $33,398, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,592 for a family of four. However, Byron contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Byron is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Byron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Byron residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Byron include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Byron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Persian.