Jobs and the daily commute in Byron
At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). The two grades for Byron are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 3% stay in Byron for work; outside it, Livermore is the main destination (9%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Byron at work: what stands out
Byron workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Byron workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Byron than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Byron fell from 683 in 2013 to 498 in 2023, −27%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 514 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Byron’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Byron is better than 46% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Byron’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (18.2%) is left out: Byron’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Byron could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Each way, about 38 minutes from Byron
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Byron workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 761 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Byron
498 jobs are based in Byron.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Byron, 2013 → 2023: 683 → 498. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Byron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Byron by day
On a workday 499 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 483 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Byron work
Where Byron clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The commute from Byron, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Byron walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Byron is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 795 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Byron households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Byron’s commuters take a bus or train.
Byron next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500: 2,465th of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Del Rio CA | 1,508 | $250K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,463 | Vernon Township MI | 1,325 | $81K | 8.6% | 6.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,464 | Whetstone Township OH | 1,975 | $67K | 7.6% | 7.2% | 1% | B− |
| 2,465 | Byron CA | 1,837 | $76K | 15.4% | 18.2% | 3% | B− |
| 2,466 | French Lick IN | 1,772 | $55K | 10.1% | 0.5% | 38% | B− |
| 2,467 | Luther OK | 1,694 | $52K | 8.3% | 1.7% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Byron, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Byron: questions
What is the median household income in Byron?
$76,424 (±$24,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Byron?
15.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Byron?
38 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Byron work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Livermore (9%, 14 mi), Brentwood (8%, 6 mi), San Francisco (7%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Byron walkable?
Byron is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Byron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Byron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Byron
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.