ByronCA
A town of 1,837, settled in 1878.
Is Byron a good place to live?
Byron’s best subject grade is a B+ for schools; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. Byron’s median rent is $2,643 a month, above both the California town median ($1,896 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Byron has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Byron has shrunk 11% from 2010 to 2020
1,277 counted in 2010 and 1,140 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Byron grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Byron is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Byron: who provides what
Byron is unincorporated, so Contra Costa County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Byron.
Byron faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Since 1995, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Byron.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Byron beat 65% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Byron Union Elementary school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 377 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
In Byron, expect mild winters and hot summers
Byron has mild winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Byron’s July high is 91°F, against 89°F in California’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Byron trails 63% of U.S. towns
Byron beats the California average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 70% of Byron adults had a checkup this year.
| Byron | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Byron | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 6.4% | 5.1% |
| More adults with obesity | 34.2% | 27.8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 6.6% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Byron
Most working residents leave Byron for work: only 3% work in town. Byron’s average trip to work is 38 minutes. Jobs based in Byron fell to 498 in 2023, 185 fewer than in 2013.
| Byron | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 38 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 4.3% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical Byron home is worth about $866K
The typical Byron home is worth about $866,000, up 3.6% in a year, 14% above the California typical home. 60% of households own their home in Byron.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conserved land covers 6.3% of Byron
The trail density in Byron is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Byron | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Levi's Stadium and 92 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Byron. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaLevi's Stadium
Big draw37 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
Big draw38 mi Theme parkCalifornia's Great America
15 mi MountainMount Diablo
32 mi Stadium & arenaOakland Arena
33 mi Stadium & arenaCalifornia Memorial StadiumPhoto credits
Levi's Stadium: Matthew Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · California's Great America: Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Diablo: Trurl66, Public domain · Oakland Arena: Mike Disharoon, CC BY-SA 2.0 · California Memorial Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Everything we know about Byron
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Byron
About 12 of every 100 Byron residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Questions about Byron
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Byron, CA expensive?
Yes. That is 6.4 years of the area's median household income ($136,027 across the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.