Byron Center

Home of the Byron Center Bulldogs, and the Byron Center Public Schools district. There are 4 elementary schools in Byron Center. Marshall Elementary, Countryside Elementary, Brown Elementary, and Heritage Elementary. The 5/6 building is named the Nickels Intermediate School. The 7/8 building is West Middle School and the high school (9-12) is Byron Center High School.

• Official Name — Byron Center, Michigan • Settlement Type — Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community • Image Skyline — Town Hall in Byron Center MI - now a museum.JPG • Image Caption — Byron Area Historic Museum in Kent County • Pushpin Map — Michigan#USA • Pushpin Label Position — right • Pushpin Label — Byron Center • Pushpin Map Caption — Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States • Image Map — Byron Center, MI location.png • Mapsize — 250 • Map Caption — Location within Kent County • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Kent • Subdivision Name1 — Michigan • Subdivision Type3 — Township • Subdivision Name3 — Byron • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Km2 — 13.21 • Area Total Sq Mi — 5.10 • Area Land Km2 — 13.16 • Area Land Sq Mi — 5.08 • Area Water Km2 — 0.05 • Area Water Sq Mi — 0.02 • Elevation M — 227 • Elevation Ft — 745 • Population Total — 7431 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Density Km2 — 564.42 • Population Density Sq Mi — 1461.93 • Postal Code Type — ZIP code(s) • Postal Code — 49315 • Area Code — 616 • Timezone — Eastern (EST) • Utc Offset — -5 • Timezone Dst — EDT • Utc Offset Dst — -4 • Blank Name — FIPS code • Blank Info — 26-12280 • Blank1 Name — GNIS feature ID • Blank1 Info — 0622409 Byron Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,431 at the 2020 census, which is a significant increase from a population of 5,822 at the 2010 census. Byron Center is located within Byron Township. Byron Center is home of the Byron Center Bulldogs, and the Byron Center Public Schools district. There are 4 elementary schools in Byron Center. Marshall Elementary, Countryside Elementary, Brown Elementary, and Heritage Elementary. The 5/6 building is named the Nickels Intermediate School. The 7/8 building is West Middle School and the high school (9-12) is Byron Center High School. As an unincorporated community, Byron Center has no legal autonomy of its own but has its own post office with the 49315 ZIP Code, which serves a much larger area within several surrounding townships.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Byron Center has a total area of 5.10 sqmi, of which 5.08 sqmi is land and 0.02 sqmi (0.39%) is water.

As of the 2020 census, Byron Center had a population of 7,431. The median age was 39.5 years. 28.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 19.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.1 males age 18 and over. 93.4% of residents lived in urban areas, while 6.6% lived in rural areas. There were 2,568 households in Byron Center, of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 71.0% were married-couple households, 8.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 18.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 2,652 housing units, of which 3.2% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 6.5%. Racial composition as of the 2020 census • Race — Number — Percent • White — 6,636 — 89.3% • Black or African American — 85 — 1.1% • American Indian and Alaska Native — 19 — 0.3% • Asian — 202 — 2.7% • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander — 0 — 0.0% • Some other race — 104 — 1.4% • Two or more races — 385 — 5.2% • Hispanic or Latino (of any race) — 276 — 3.7%

The median income for a household in Byron Center was $102,376. The per capita income was $39,381. About 2.1% of the population is below the poverty line.

As of the 2010 census Byron Center had a population of 5,822. The population was 93.7% non-Hispanic white, 0.9% African-American, 0.4% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.1% non-Hispanics of some other race, 1.4% reporting two or more races and 2.7% Hispanic.

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,777 people, 1,322 households, and 1,040 families residing in Byron Center. The population density was 751.8 PD/sqmi. There were 1,374 housing units at an average density of 273.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.93% White, 0.11% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.95% of the population. There were 1,322 households, out of which 43.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.5% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.26. Around 32.5% of Byron Center residents were under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males. The median income for a household in Byron Center was $58,508, and the median income for a family was $65,882. Males had a median income of $50,517 versus $28,043 for females. The per capita income was $29,028. About 1.9% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those age 65 or over.