THE BYRON CENTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Michigan Moraines setting.
Byron Center CDP has 5.08 square miles of land in Kent County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Michigan Moraines, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Byron Center and Kent County
Byron Center is associated with Kent County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Byron Center by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Byron Center, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 2.2 percentage points lower than the 2.6% recorded for Kent County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Byron Center CDP has 14.1% of the land area of nearby Byron township (36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

