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Dayton, TX

9,058 Population
30.7 square miles 295.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,296 ±$4,618 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $42,619 ±$283
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,691 ±$19,094 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $82,168 ±$590
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.6% ±7% (1,789  ±612) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.9% 1,019,961 (±0.3% / ±18,781)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.4 minutes ±2.6 (110,180  ±20,412) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 29.9 90,767,090 (±0.1 / ±553,485)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,110 ±270 Number of households
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,661,739 ±4,745
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (8,711  ±211) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,357,627
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±3.5% (76  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 106,996 (±0.2% / ±3,819)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,471 ±310 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,906,364 ±575
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$227,600 ±$19,913 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $298,000 ±$1,513
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±3.8% (827  ±337.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.5% 989,448 (±0.2% / ±16,765)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.7% ±8.4% (4,883  ±623) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 85.1% 4,117,983 (±0.4% / ±19,352.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.1% ±4.5% (1,066  ±279.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 36% 1,742,444 (±0.3% / ±12,033.6)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half 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

11.7% ±4.9% (1,055  ±442) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 24.3% 1,805,510
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±2.6% (518  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 4.8% 264,059 (±0.1% / ±4,643)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
518 Total veterans ±176 414 Male ±158 104 Female ±80

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