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Byron township, Kent County, MI

27,274 Population
36 square miles 757.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 35.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,971 ±$3,505 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kent County: $41,504 ±$509
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$91,486 ±$4,894 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kent County: $80,390 ±$1,068
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

5.9% ±2% (1,598  ±539) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kent County: 10.6% 68,503 (±0.6% / ±3,536)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

21.1 minutes ±1.9 (248,090  ±28,606) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kent County: 21.2 6,236,100 (±0.3 / ±113,675)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

9,440 ±422 Number of households
  • Kent County: 254,860 ±920
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.9 ±0.1 (27,194  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kent County: 2.5 647,179 (±0 / ±251)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

4.4% ±2.3% (278  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 5.3% 8,587 (±0.5% / ±740)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

9,855 ±405 Number of housing units
  • Kent County: 267,071 ±149
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$321,000 ±$20,725 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kent County: $265,700 ±$3,150
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

10.9% ±3.1% (2,955  ±846.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kent County: 12.8% 83,653 (±0.6% / ±3,721.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

95.6% ±5.4% (16,792  ±1,121.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kent County: 92.3% 407,080 (±1.1% / ±4,798.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
38.3% ±3.7% (6,721  ±688.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kent County: 39.6% 174,824 (±0.7% / ±3,025.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.9% ±1.4% (1,055  ±385) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Kent County: 8.6% 56,807
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

5.2% ±1.3% (1,007  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kent County: 5.2% 26,119 (±0.2% / ±1,185)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
1,007 Total veterans ±248 897 Male ±215 110 Female ±84

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