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Dayton, OH

135,507 Population
55.8 square miles 2,427.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.9 ±0.2

Economics

$25,030 ±$1,839 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: $38,717 ±$964
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $39,395 ±$295
$45,995 ±$2,406 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: $67,070 ±$2,208
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $67,769 ±$731

26.4% ±3.5% (32,371  ±4,402) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 13.4% 105,519 (±1% / ±8,251)
  • about double the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,527,904 (±0.3% / ±36,156)

20.7 minutes ±0.6 (1,066,370  ±46,538) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 21.9 7,507,130 (±0.2 / ±108,764)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

57,882 ±3,273 Number of households
  • the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 350,659 ±2,613
  • Ohio: 4,917,309 ±10,812
2.1 ±0.1 (122,731  ±2,898) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 2.3 789,713 (±0 / ±2,562)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.3 11,489,821

4.7% ±2.3% (1,610  ±779) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 4.3% † 7,917 (±0.8% / ±1,535)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,372 (±0.3% / ±7,594)

Housing

66,598 ±3,507 Number of housing units
  • the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 374,189 ±1,187
  • Ohio: 5,317,134 ±790

$108,100 ±$8,379 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: $209,800 ±$6,995
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $220,200 ±$1,285

21% ±3.3% (27,978  ±4,406.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 13.4% 107,830 (±1% / ±7,880.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Ohio: 11.4% 1,329,235 (±0.3% / ±30,430.1)

Social

87.9% ±4.6% (74,607  ±5,232.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 92.9% 521,231 (±2% / ±11,420.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.9% 7,508,950 (±0.5% / ±41,800.5)
25.4% ±3.1% (21,592  ±2,815) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 33.8% 189,401 (±1.2% / ±6,928.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 32% 2,618,045 (±0.3% / ±24,734.6)

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

6.3% ±1.6% (8,488  ±2,181) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 4.4% 35,709
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.3% 621,863

7% ±1.5% (7,368  ±1,539) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 8.9% 56,166 (±0.6% / ±3,629)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.5% 594,535 (±0.1% / ±11,864)
7,368 Total veterans ±1,539 6,581 Male ±1,508 787 Female ±394

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