Work & commute · Byron

Work & commute in Byron, MI

Most working residents leave Byron for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (19%), Wyoming (13%) and Kentwood (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,239 of 11,735 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,496 Byron residents head out of town to work, 1,239 work right here, and 12,673 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Byron.

10,496live here, work elsewhere

1,239live and work here

12,673work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Byron goes to work

Grand Rapids10.9 mi away

19%2,239

Wyoming5.5 mi away

13%1,484

Byron (in town)right here

11%1,239

Kentwood8.3 mi away

8%936

Cascade13.2 mi away

5%538

Grandville6.3 mi away

4%453

Gaines6.1 mi away

3%358

Walker12.9 mi away

3%296

Georgetown8.9 mi away

2%214

Caledonia11.6 mi away

2%212

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%3,766

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Byron commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

55%

30%

11%

55%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Byron is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Byron are

13,912 jobs are based in Byron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Byron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Byron

13,912 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Byron residents hold

11,735 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+123%

Jobs based in Byron, 2011 → 2021: 6,227 → 13,912. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.