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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Byron, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Byron, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Byron’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Byron does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $83,996.00.Byron is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Byron is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Byron who work in office and administrative support (12.83%), sales jobs (11.76%), and management occupations (8.11%). 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.In terms of college education, Byron is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.58% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Byron in 2022 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.
