Georgia · Census place 1312260

Byron, Georgia

Byron is a city in Peach County, Georgia with an estimated 6,305 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 126th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,305
#126 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+10.6%
+602 people
Land area
8.8 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
717 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Byron. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Byron population, 2020 to 2024

Byron added 602 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.6%. In the latest year it moved by +191. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Byron is 39% of it.

5,70320205,79520215,93020226,11420236,3052024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,684. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Byron covers 8.79 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 717 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Byron is less dense than the typical town.

What county Byron is in

All of Byron's residents live in Peach County, which had 29,213 residents in 2024. Byron holds 21.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Byron

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Byron by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31008. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Byron is

The Census internal point of Byron is at 32.649500, -83.748000. Atlanta, the capital, is 84.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Centerville, GA (9,021 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA, 11.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.649500, -83.748000
DMS
32°38'58.20"N 83°44'52.80"W
UTM
17N 242241.5E 3615767.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
864RJ7X2+RR

Daylight in Byron

At 32.65° N, Byron gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Byron

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Centerville, 3.7 miles away, with 9,021 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Byron, GA?

6,305 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 602 (10.6%) from 5,703 in July 2020.

What county is Byron in?

Peach County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Byron?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31008.

How far is Byron from Atlanta?

84.5 miles (136.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Byron.

What is the nearest larger city to Byron?

Centerville, GA, with 9,021 residents, 3.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.