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Byron Center CDP, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Byron Center CDP is a Census CDP of 7,403 people across 5.08 square miles of land, in Kent County. Median household income is $122,553, 95.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 66 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $15.6 m.
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Byron Center
What Byron Center is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.08 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,456
- County holding the largest share of its areaKent County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Byron Center
How many people live in Byron Center
- Population7,403
- Median age41.7
- Population under 182,096
- Share under 1828.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,444
- Share 65 and over19.5 percent
- Households2,394
- Family households2,096
- Share of households that are families87.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Byron Center
Income and work in Byron Center
- Median household income$122,553 plus or minus $24,989
- Per capita income$48,853
- Civilian labor force3,455
- Employed3,396
- Unemployed59 plus or minus 59
- Unemployment rate1.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over4,785
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher43.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.1 percent plus or minus 5.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Byron Center
Housing in Byron Center
- Housing units2,517
- Occupied units2,394
- Vacant units123 plus or minus 134
- Vacancy rate4.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Owner occupied2,295
- Renter occupied99 plus or minus 70
- Ownership rate95.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$384,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,517 plus or minus $1,514
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.9 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Single family units2,389
- Share single family94.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more79 plus or minus 67
- Share in buildings of two or more3.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Mobile homes49 plus or minus 45
- Median year structure built1998
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Byron Center
How Byron Center gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,838
- Commuting under 15 minutes889 plus or minus 254
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.3 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more379 plus or minus 143
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more13.4 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Drove alone80.3 percent
- Carpooled3.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home15.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Byron Center
SBA 7(a) lending to Byron Center borrowers
- Approvals66
- Gross approval$15,574,000
- Average approval$235,970
- Median approval$73,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$830,800
- Largest approval$1,581,000
- Jobs supported521
- Jobs per approval7.9
- Loans with a final outcome26
- Paid in full26
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises18.2 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS27
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Byron Center
SBA 504 lending to Byron Center borrowers
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$12,556,000
- Average approval$837,067
- Median approval$642,000
- Largest approval$3,344,000
- Jobs supported175
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kent County, not Byron Center
Kent County context, not Byron Center figures
These are Kent County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Byron Center measurements.
- Establishments in Kent County17,799
- Employment at those establishments, Kent County384,635
- Covered employment, Kent County415,565
- Average annual pay, Kent County$62,288
- Average weekly wage, Kent County$1,198
- Housing units permitted, Kent County2,090
- Of those, single family, Kent County1,141
- County product, 2024, Kent County$60,316,473,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kent County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kent County$84,215
Every figure in this section is published for Kent County as a whole and is not a measurement of Byron Center. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Byron Center questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Byron Center, Michigan?
7,403, in 2,394 households. Byron Center CDP covers 5.08 square miles of land, which is 1,456 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Byron Center in?
Kent County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Byron Center?
$122,553. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $384,400. Median gross rent is $1,517 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Byron Center businesses?
66 7(a) approvals totalling $15.6 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $73,300, plus 15 504 approvals worth $12.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Byron Center, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Byron Center borrowers get paid back?
Of the 26 loans that have reached a final outcome, 26 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Byron Center figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kent County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Byron Center.
Is zoning published for Byron Center?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.