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Dayton, VA

2,023 Population
1 square miles 1,964.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±3.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 34.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,032 ±$5,739 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $34,832 ±$1,184
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$87,763 ±$23,143 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $72,145 ±$2,312
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

4.7% ±2.2% (95  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 15.2% 19,200 (±1.2% / ±1,537)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

17.6 minutes ±0.4 (19,470  ±4,724) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 20 1,200,310 (±0.7 / ±46,869)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

782 ±156 Number of households
  • the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 49,379 ±493
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.6 ±0.2 (2,023  ±420) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 2.6 126,876 (±0 / ±118)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

5.4% ±5.4% (29  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 3% † 1,063 (±0.6% / ±215)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

811 ±164 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 54,749 ±83
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$338,000 ±$34,542 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $284,800 ±$6,007
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

8.5% ±5% (169  ±106.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 16.6% 22,393 (±1.1% / ±1,505.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

89.4% ±21.9% (1,252  ±189.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 85.9% 72,272 (±2.1% / ±1,801.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
43.4% ±2.4% (607  ±121.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 31% 26,090 (±1.3% / ±1,065.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

12.5% ±5.7% (253  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 10.3% 14,058
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

5% ±2.2% (79  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 5% 5,407 (±0.4% / ±446)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
79 Total veterans ±37 78 Male ±37 1 Female ±4

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