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Byram, Mississippi: commercial real estate data.
Byram is a Census city of 12,799 people across 20.40 square miles of land, in Hinds County. Median household income is $70,445, 83.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $809,200 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Byram
What Byram is
- Census place typecity
- Land area20.4 sq mi
- Water area0.27 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land627
- County holding the largest share of its areaHinds 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.
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How many people live in Byram
- Population12,799
- Median age41.7
- Population under 182,731 plus or minus 572
- Share under 1821.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over2,089 plus or minus 441
- Share 65 and over16.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Households5,200
- Family households3,704
- Share of households that are families71.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Byram
- Median household income$70,445
- Per capita income$34,136
- Civilian labor force6,489
- Employed6,141
- Unemployed348 plus or minus 232
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over9,128
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Byram
- Housing units5,657
- Occupied units5,200
- Vacant units457 plus or minus 229
- Vacancy rate8.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied4,361
- Renter occupied839 plus or minus 290
- Ownership rate83.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$206,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,343
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.9 percent
- Single family units4,710
- Share single family83.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more675 plus or minus 287
- Share in buildings of two or more11.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes272 plus or minus 148
- Median year structure built2001
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Byram gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,554
- Commuting under 15 minutes598 plus or minus 342
- Share commuting under 15 minutes10.8 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,308
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.6 percent
- Drove alone74.8 percent
- Carpooled16.4 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home7.6 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Byram (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$809,200
- Average approval$115,600
- Median approval$123,000
- Largest approval$250,800
- Jobs supported45
- Jobs per approval6.4
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Byram, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Byram
- NFIP communityCity of Byram
- NFIP community number280850
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date07/20/21
The City of Byram participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 280850 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Hinds County, not Byram
Hinds County context, not Byram figures
- Establishments in Hinds County4,878
- Covered employment, Hinds County109,172
- Average annual pay, Hinds County$59,413
- Housing units permitted, Hinds County198
Every figure in this section is published for Hinds County as a whole and is not a measurement of Byram.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Byram questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Byram, Mississippi?
12,799, in 5,200 households. Byram city covers 20.40 square miles of land, which is 627 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Byram in?
Hinds 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 Byram?
$70,445. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $206,600. Median gross rent is $1,343 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Byram businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totaling $809,200 since FY2020, across 6 lenders, median approval $123,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Byram, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Byram borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Byram. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Byram in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Byram appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Byram, city of, community 280850, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Byram figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hinds 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 Byram.
Is zoning published for Byram?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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