Photo: Bill Golladay · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Byron (9.4%) is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Only 8% work in Byron itself; outside it, Macon-Bibb County draws the most (26%, 12 miles). For jobs and income Byron is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−). At home: 27% of workers have no commute at all (Georgia 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Byron at work: what stands out
Byron has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Byron went from 1,764 in 2013 to 2,962 in 2023, +68%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Byron works from home
27% of Byron workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Byron are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Byron’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Byron’s grade up ($85,596, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Byron could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Inside Byron’s 2,962 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Byron, 2013 → 2023: 1,764 → 2,962. 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Byron
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Byron workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,354 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Byron: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,035 residents head out to work, 168 work right here, and 2,794 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Byron on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 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 Byron’s working residents head each day
Where Byron clocks in
26% of workers
15% of workers
6% of workersLines 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 distance from Byron to work
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,219 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.2% of Byron households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Byron’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,283 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900, Byron comes 2,171st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Grayson GA | 5,569 | $131K | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Senoia GA | 6,276 | $125K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,169 | Woodruff SC | 6,026 | $71K | 14.2% | 4.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,170 | New Burlington OH | 5,426 | $73K | 12.6% | 12.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,171 | Byron GA | 6,567 | $86K | 10.1% | 9.4% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,172 | Robinson IL | 7,283 | $74K | 9.6% | 4.5% | 43% | C+ |
| 2,173 | Windom MN | 4,817 | $75K | 14.3% | 2.9% | 33% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Georgia.
Next door is work for 15% of Byron
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Byron workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron | – | C+ | C− | 22 min | $85,596 |
| Warner Robins | 15% | C | C+ | 22 min | $66,970 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Warner Robins. Darker towns draw more of Byron’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$85,596 (±$9,265) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Byron?
10.1%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Byron?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Byron work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macon-Bibb County (26%, 12 mi), Warner Robins (15%, 6 mi), Fort Valley (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Byron walkable?
Byron is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Byron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.