Byron is home to 3,743 people in Illinois. The foreign-born share is 3%. 826 more people live here than in 2000. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $198,700. Median rent is $929 a month. 71% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $78,852, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.7
US median: 38.9
Average education
32% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Byron
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants58.5% → 70.6%(+12.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$155,524 → $198,700(+28%)US over the same years: +67%
Population2,290 → 3,743(+63%)US over the same years: +35%
Byron's population equals 7.3% of Ogle County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 5.0% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 10.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)53%(167)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13%(41)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era16.8%(53)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 315 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Byron, decade by decade
Byron population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,290
$73,156
$155,524
11.3%
3.7
2000
2,917
$67,450
$188,906
13.2%
8.3
2010
3,753
$74,613
$218,087
19.8%
13.8
2020
3,784
$80,730
$171,382
31.1%
29.1
2024
3,743
$78,852
$198,700
31.5%
33.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
