City · Olmsted County, Minnesota

Byron, Minnesota

Byron is a city in Olmsted County, Minnesota, part of the Rochester, MN metro area. It has 6,646 residents. Byron, Minnesota has a quality-of-life score of 97 out of 100 (very high), ranking #487 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Minnesota it ranks #37 of 364 cities and towns. It ranks best on primary care physicians (high), mammography screening (high) and dentists (high). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), child care cost burden (high) and pharmacies (low).

97Very high

Quality-of-life score: #487 of 15,651 cities and towns
Minnesota: #37 of 364 in MN
Population: 6,646 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 2,097.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 2709154

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety78#3,513/15,637
Economy87#1,960/15,631
Housing42#8,719/14,977
Health85#2,366/15,609
Healthcare100#16/15,650
Environment78#3,382/15,453
Education93#1,092/15,649
Infrastructure97#403/15,650
Community95#826/15,651
Leisure & amenities63#5,816/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Byron, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Olmsted County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Primary care physicians · high237 /100k
100/100Minnesota 90 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOlmsted County value
Mammography screening · high64.0%
100/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOlmsted County value
Dentists · high137 /100k
99/100Minnesota 78 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOlmsted County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.6%
98/100Minnesota 6.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Loneliness · low27.6%
98/100Minnesota 32.1%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Flu vaccinations · high57.0%
97/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOlmsted County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
4/100Minnesota 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesOlmsted County value
Child care cost burden · high41.9%
5/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOlmsted County value
Pharmacies · low0.8 /10k
7/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOlmsted County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Minnesota 3.9 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1k2023U.S. Census BureauPartial year
Days with unhealthy air · high2.3%
17/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOlmsted County value
New business applications · low9.6 /1k
21/100Minnesota 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauOlmsted County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
5,462 (2015-2019) → 6,646 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
34.1% (2015-2019) → 61.7% (2020-2024)
+28 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
6.6 /1k (2019) → 0.0 /1k (2023)
−100%4 yearsUS 4.2 /1k → 4.5 /1k
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.9% (2015-2019) → 38.3% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.3% (2015-2019) → 96.2% (2020-2024)
+6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$94,153 (2015-2019) → $124,010 (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Byron, Minnesota improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+32%$94,153 → $124,010
Broadband+6.9 points89.3% → 96.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Byron, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.0 min2015-2019	18.2 min2020-2024	−1.7 min	Within the margin of error	68%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%2015-2019	48.2%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	89.3%2015-2019	96.2%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Improved	43%
Effective property tax rate	1.43%2015-2019	1.39%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	97.4%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3992015-2019	0.3972020-2024	−0.002	Within the margin of error	52%
Median household income	$94,1532015-2019	$124,0102020-2024	+32%	Improved	59%
Rent as share of income	24.9%2015-2019	38.3%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Rent-burdened households	34.1%2015-2019	61.7%2020-2024	+28 points	Within the margin of error	4%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Byron, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Byron, Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Byron, Minnesota itself moved −12.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,646 residents (±29)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49
30–39†
20–29†
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (−3.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,646 residents (±29)

Byron, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White89%5,915
Black1.5%†100
Hispanic or Latino2.3%†155

Education

4,115 residents (±226)

Byron, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma1.9%†79
High school or GED16%654
Some college18%760

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,381 households (±136)

Byron, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k7.3%†174
$25k–50k13%†318
$50k–75k9.1%†216
$75k–100k9.1%†217
$100k–150k25%599
$150k–200k16%†381
$200k or more20%†476

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+11.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,381 households (±136)

Byron, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own83%1,980
Rent17%†401

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−5.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

388 households (±133)

Byron, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $7501.8%†7
$750–1,00034%†133
$1,000–1,50045%†174

Home values

1,980 homes (±125)

Byron, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k3.6%†72
$150k–250k16%†308
$250k–400k48%943

Age of homes

2,425 homes (±146)

Byron, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later23%550
2000–200929%695
1980–199928%669

Size of homes

2,425 homes (±146)

Byron, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio0.5%†13
1 bedroom6.1%†149
2 bedrooms18%†435

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,410 workers (±240)

Byron, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone70%2,371
Carpool7.2%†246
Public transit1.1%†38
Walk0.9%†32
Bike0.0%0
Work from home20%†694
Other0.9%†29

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+16.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,716 workers (±381)

Byron, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min28%767
15–29 min61%1,655
30–44 min4.6%†126

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Rochester, MN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Olmsted County, the county holding most of Byron's residents.

Olmsted County has 3,754 employer establishments, 228 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Minnesota's), with 107,285 paid employees at an average annual pay of $76,343. The Census Bureau also counts 11,645 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,754; 11,645 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 228; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 107,285
Average annual pay: $76,343; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Olmsted County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	288	17.5	0.95×About typical	6,269	$22,744	35
Specialty trade contractors	274	16.6	1.07×About typical	2,973	$80,521	587
Ambulatory health care services	237	14.4	0.69×Fewer than typical	3,341	$58,482	607
Lessors of real estate	198	12	0.98×About typical	822	$49,527	1,389
Construction of buildings	127	7.7	1.02×About typical	970	$86,122	260
Limited-service restaurants	121	7.3	0.92×About typical	2,279	$21,789	12
Full-service restaurants	115	7	0.91×About typical	3,177	$25,493	18
Services to buildings and dwellings	104	6.3	0.94×About typical	1,433	$38,283	412
Religious organizations	101	6.1	1.10×About typical	747	$25,515	—
Offices of other health practitioners	91	5.5	0.91×About typical	483	$46,135	285
Automotive repair and maintenance	86	5.2	1.04×About typical	436	$52,305	100
Clothing and accessories stores	85	5.2	1.42×More than typical	1,036	$20,276	107

Rank places for an industry Open Olmsted County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 164,841 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Byron is mostly in Olmsted County.

See federal money in Olmsted County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Byron, Minnesota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Brad FinstadR-MN-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Olmsted County98100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Rochester, MN100

Other cities and towns in Olmsted County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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