Byron is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 531 people and two associated neighborhoods, Byron is the 554th largest community in Michigan.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 village of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Byron who work in office and administrative support (14.95%), sales jobs (9.30%), and teaching (7.97%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.76% 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. In Byron, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.84 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small village, Byron doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Byron citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.05% of adults in Byron have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Byron in 2022 was $30,734, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,936 for a family of four. However, Byron contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 Native American. Important ancestries of people in Byron include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Byron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
