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Dayton, KY

5,743 Population
1.3 square miles 4,421.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,896 ±$8,880 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: $44,674 ±$348
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,992 ±$6,515 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: $81,120 ±$823
  • a little higher than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±4.9% (904  ±281) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 11.8% 261,506 (±0.3% / ±7,081)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±3.8 (55,080  ±6,551) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 24.7 23,458,480 (±0.2 / ±263,641)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,533 ±169 Number of households
  • the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 906,675 ±2,555
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (5,644  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 2.5 2,225,043 (±0 / ±543)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±2.1% (45  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 5.5% 28,962 (±0.3% / ±1,623)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,809 ±174 Number of housing units
  • the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 967,188 ±355
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,500 ±$28,660 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: $258,600 ±$2,075
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.3% ±5.5% (1,098  ±313.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 12.1% 272,029 (±0.3% / ±6,733.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.4% ±8.2% (3,663  ±384.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 92.5% 1,422,266 (±0.6% / ±8,818)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.9% ±5% (930  ±207.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 37.1% 570,599 (±0.4% / ±5,381.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.7% ±1.2% (96  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 5.8% 131,454
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±2.8% (293  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 6.1% 106,674 (±0.2% / ±2,694)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
293 Total veterans ±128 283 Male ±126 10 Female ±14

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