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Dayton, OH

136,343 Population
55.8 square miles 2,442.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 39 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,683 ±$1,769 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: $40,289 ±$1,201
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $40,934 ±$342
$45,846 ±$5,178 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: $72,711 ±$2,208
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $72,212 ±$538

25.5% ±4.4% (32,025  ±5,556) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 13% 103,686 (±1.3% / ±10,021)
  • about double the rate in Ohio: 12.7% 1,467,983 (±0.3% / ±33,353)

20.3 minutes ±0.6 (1,066,275  ±49,155) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 22 7,500,465 (±0.2 / ±117,767)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)

Families

59,778 ±2,754 Number of households
  • the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 347,200 ±3,284
  • Ohio: 4,929,322 ±14,176
2.1 ±0.1 (124,662  ±1,214) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 2.3 797,158 (±0 / ±1,041)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,586,466

5% ±2.2% (1,944  ±849) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 5.4% † 10,153 (±1% / ±1,942)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 138,576 (±0.3% / ±6,966)

Housing

73,068 ±3,092 Number of housing units
  • the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 375,321 ±462
  • Ohio: 5,336,168 ±1,425

$117,500 ±$17,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: $228,600 ±$6,097
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $239,800 ±$1,395

16.7% ±3.9% (22,427  ±5,250.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 12.9% 104,851 (±1.1% / ±9,063.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 11.8% 1,383,489 (±0.3% / ±29,556)

Social

89.6% ±5.1% (79,922  ±5,281.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 93.7% 532,350 (±2% / ±11,653.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 92.2% 7,607,705 (±0.5% / ±43,588.4)
22.1% ±3% (19,712  ±2,750.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 34.6% 196,514 (±1.3% / ±7,454.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 32.4% 2,670,043 (±0.3% / ±24,912.9)

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

4.9% ±2% (6,738  ±2,653) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 5% 41,111
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 654,793

7.6% ±1.5% (8,297  ±1,604) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Metro Area: 8.3% 52,689 (±0.6% / ±3,502)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.2% 572,074 (±0.1% / ±11,365)
8,297 Total veterans ±1,604 7,115 Male ±1,512 1,182 Female ±925

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