Byron has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Byron B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. There are 365 jobs in Byron; 986 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Byron and work: the main findings
Byron makes and builds things
78% of the jobs based in Byron are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Byron residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Byron’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Byron is Rochester, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (158) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Byron are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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; with 986 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Byron’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Byron is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Byron’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Byron could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Byron makes things: 78% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Byron, 2013 → 2023: 384 → 365. 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.
Half of Byron commutes less than 21 miles
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.
The trip to work from Byron: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Byron workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 967 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Byron by day
On a workday 967 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Byron on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Rochester
Where Byron clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Driving is how Byron gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Byron is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,041 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). 2.2% of Byron households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Byron’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,231st of 5,328: where Byron ranks among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,229 | Hancock NH | 1,763 | $95K | 4.1% | 1.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,230 | Tully NY | 2,618 | $109K | 9.9% | 3.4% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,231 | Byron NY | 2,276 | $99K | 5.4% | 4.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,232 | Day Heights OH | 2,457 | $94K | 2.0% | 12.3% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,233 | Good Hope AL | 2,682 | $94K | 10.9% | 2.2% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 New York.
The towns around Byron
The biggest share goes to Bergen (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
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?
$99,063 (±$25,814) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Byron?
5.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Byron?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Byron work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (16%, 23 mi), Bergen (8%, 6 mi), Batavia (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Byron walkable?
Byron is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Byron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.