Best PlacesByron, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Byron, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Byron ranks 455th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Byron
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Byron's strengths and weaknesses
Where Byron ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
Where Byron ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,679 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Byron
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Byron home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $125,529, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Byron's effective rate of 1.27%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Byron
Byron runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Byron.
Who works in Byron, and how
Work in Byron centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Byron
Byron has more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Byron and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Byron, month by month
Byron sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 38° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Byron
The nearest airport, Rochester International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Byron
Schools across Byron average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Byron Intermediate SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Kasson-mantorville ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Pine Island ElementaryA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pine Island MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- Kasson-mantorville Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Byron Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Pine Island SecondaryA− · 62% proficient
- Byron Senior High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Mayo Senior HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Byron school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Byron measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Byron against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Byron
Is Byron a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Byron ranks 455th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, biking, and civic engagement, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Byron expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $380,101. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $125,529 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Byron safe?
Yes, Byron is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $146 per resident a year.
Compare Byron with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Byron. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Byron represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Byron detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Byron: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Byron: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Byron: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Byron: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Byron detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.