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Dayton, WA

2,695 Population
1.4 square miles 1,869 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.3 ±3.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Columbia County: 52.1 ±1.9
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,058 ±$9,267 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Columbia County: $42,143 † ±$6,918
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$71,687 ±$3,317 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Columbia County: $71,528 ±$3,699
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

11.8% ±4.3% (313  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Columbia County: 9% † 357 (±3% / ±120)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

18.2 minutes ±6 (19,775  ±7,228) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbia County: 20.5 † 32,510 (±4.6 / ±8,332)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

1,301 ±128 Number of households
  • Columbia County: 1,892 ±110
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2 ±0.3 (2,623  ±213) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Columbia County: 2.1 3,924 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

11.3% ±6.8% (55  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 9.5% † 63 (±5.6% / ±38)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

1,505 ±113 Number of housing units
  • Columbia County: 2,218 ±14
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$223,900 ±$26,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Columbia County: $256,100 † ±$32,448
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

12.4% ±5.6% (327  ±150.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 10.4% † 407 (±4.3% / ±167)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

85.6% ±8.2% (1,789  ±215.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Columbia County: 88.9% 2,754 (±8.3% / ±271.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
22.7% ±4.9% (474  ±108.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Columbia County: 27.2% † 843 (±5% / ±157.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

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

4.5% ±2.7% (121  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Columbia County: 3% 121
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

10.9% ±2.9% (247  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Columbia County: 11.2% † 371 (±2.5% / ±82)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
247 Total veterans ±69 212 Male ±60 35 Female ±28

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