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Dayton, VA

1,920 Population
1 square miles 1,864.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,702 ±$6,295 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $36,670 ±$1,318
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,769 ±$32,450 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $75,065 ±$2,617
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.7% ±2.4% (91  ±51) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 15.3% 19,519 (±0.9% / ±1,090)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.7 minutes ±6 (16,485  ±4,295) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 20.4 1,217,135 (±0.6 / ±43,477)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

782 ±186 Number of households
  • the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 50,046 ±431
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (1,920  ±480) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 2.6 127,775 (±0 / ±137)
  • about the same as the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±5.2% (35  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 3.2% † 1,139 (±0.6% / ±198)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

818 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 55,217 ±98
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$346,600 ±$27,394 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: $309,300 ±$7,286
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±5.3% (137  ±105.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 16.1% 21,938 (±1.2% / ±1,614.8)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.3% ±24.9% (1,240  ±200.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 86.5% 73,086 (±2.3% / ±1,961.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.5% ±12.3% (535  ±119.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 31.6% 26,697 (±1.4% / ±1,165.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

14.5% ±7.5% (279  ±160) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 10.6% 14,462
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±2.4% (75  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area: 4.9% 5,391 (±0.4% / ±466)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
75 Total veterans ±39 74 Male ±38 1 Female ±4

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