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Dayton

Ohio · 136,688 residents (2025 est.) · 55.8 sq mi
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Dayton is a city of 136,579 people in Ohio. 48% of homes are owner-occupied. The typical home is worth $100,600, having risen by half since 2000. The poverty rate is 26.9%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 22% of adults. That trails the Ohio median by roughly 37%.

At a glance
Lower income
below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 17%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
136,579
−18%since 2000
from 166,179 in 2000
136,688 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
2,447 / sq mi
−12%since 2009
from 2,791 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
34.1
+5%since 2000
from 32.4 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
55.8 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
132K146K159K173K187K19902000201020202024Dayton
2024137K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 56.3%(8,637)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 95.5%(7,507)
US avg: 6%
10 to 145.7%(7,847)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 198.9%(12,122)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 249.4%(12,813)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3415.4%(20,980)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4412.1%(16,567)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5410.2%(13,875)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6412.4%(16,995)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 748.6%(11,754)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 844%(5,448)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.5%(2,034)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$45,247
−9%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $27,423 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$27,444
+77%since 2000
from $15,547 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
27.4%
+13.8 ptssince 2009
from 13.6% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
26.9%
+3.9 ptssince 2000
from 23.0% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.481
+4%since 2010
from 0.464 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Retail trade13.6%
US avg: 9.9%
Information10.9%
US avg: 10.8%
Finance & insurance7.4%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical6.8%
US avg: 5.1%
Other services5.7%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration4%
US avg: 4.8%
Wholesale trade4%
US avg: 6.9%
Transportation & warehousing1.8%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.6%
US avg: 1.9%
Education & health services0.7%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.4%
US avg: 1.6%
Manufacturing0.3%
US avg: 0.4%
Construction0.1%
US avg: 1.2%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$100,600
−17%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $66,700 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$918
+12%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $448 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
48.4%
−4.4 ptssince 2000
from 52.8% in 2000
51.6% rent
Vacancy rate
16.9%
−3.3 ptssince 2009
from 20.2% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.12 people
−6%since 2009
from 2.26 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
20.1%
−9.9 ptssince 2009
from 30.0% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
49.0%
−6.2 ptssince 2009
from 55.2% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
2.2
−19%since 2009
from 2.8 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
43
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic52.6%(87,487)
Black42.9%(71,291)
Hispanic / Latino1.6%(2,626)
Asian0.6%(1,041)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic49.9%(68,193)
Black37.6%(51,305)
Hispanic / Latino5.7%(7,759)
Asian1.3%(1,822)
Other5.5%(7,500)
Diversity Score
75
+13%since 2009
from 67 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican2.3%(3,116)
Central American1.3%(1,810)
Puerto Rican0.9%(1,210)
Honduran0.5%(657)
Guatemalan0.4%(609)
Spaniard0.3%(387)
Ecuadorian0.2%(229)
Salvadoran0.2%(223)
Colombian0.1%(186)
Panamanian0.1%(183)
Cuban0.1%(167)
+ 6 more hispanic origin groups with data
Dominican0.1%(112)
Peruvian0.1%(102)
Costa Rican0.1%(69)
Nicaraguan0.1%(69)
Argentine0%(43)
Asian origin
Asian Indian0.5%(681)
Chinese0.2%(291)
Filipino0.2%(257)
Korean0.1%(163)
Vietnamese0.1%(98)
Pakistani0.1%(86)
Singaporean0.1%(82)
Japanese0%(48)
Kazakh0%(42)
Laotian0%(34)
Taiwanese0%(27)
Pacific Islander origin
Samoan0%(26)
Ancestry
German13.8%(18,877)
Irish10.5%(14,356)
English7.5%(10,220)
American3.2%(4,376)
Italian2.6%(3,502)
French1.4%(1,934)
Scottish1.4%(1,932)
Polish1.3%(1,787)
Scotch-Irish0.8%(1,026)
Dutch0.7%(921)
Hungarian0.6%(821)
+ 44 more ancestry groups with data
Arab0.5%(728)
Welsh0.4%(551)
Ghanaian0.4%(540)
Swedish0.4%(511)
British0.3%(442)
Russian0.3%(376)
Greek0.3%(364)
Turkish0.3%(359)
Lebanese0.2%(327)
West Indian0.2%(272)
Norwegian0.2%(260)
Nigerian0.2%(254)
Slovak0.2%(207)
Swiss0.1%(187)
Lithuanian0.1%(181)
Canadian0.1%(177)
Croatian0.1%(151)
Iraqi0.1%(147)
Danish0.1%(145)
Austrian0.1%(125)
Jamaican0.1%(125)
Belgian0.1%(111)
Ukrainian0.1%(84)
Portuguese0.1%(79)
Czech0.1%(77)
Slovene0%(62)
Finnish0%(59)
Romanian0%(56)
Haitian0%(55)
Serbian0%(41)
Brazilian0%(35)
Iranian0%(28)
Syrian0%(19)
Kenyan0%(19)
Ethiopian0%(17)
Somali0%(17)
Armenian0%(14)
Egyptian0%(13)
Moroccan0%(12)
Latvian0%(5)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
21.6%
+7.2 ptssince 2000
from 14.4% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
88.2%
+13.1 ptssince 2000
from 75.1% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
8.0%
+3.2 ptssince 2000
from 4.9% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
20.3 min
+57%since 2000
from 13.0 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
72.2%
−1.2 ptssince 2009
from 73.4% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
9.2%
−1.9 ptssince 2009
from 11.2% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
3.1%
−3.3 ptssince 2009
from 6.5% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
9.7%
+7.9 ptssince 2009
from 1.8% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
4.3%
−1.9 ptssince 2009
from 6.3% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 0.4% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
15.9%
−2.7 ptssince 2009
from 18.6% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
9.0%
−8.0 ptssince 2011
from 17.0% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
59.2%
+0.5 ptssince 2011
from 58.7% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
71.0%
+1.1 ptssince 2020
from 69.9% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
11.2%
−2.9 ptssince 2009
from 14.1% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
34.8%
+8.5 ptssince 2009
from 26.3% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.5%
+1.3 ptssince 2009
from 48.2% in 2009
Female
50.5%
−1.3 ptssince 2009
from 51.8% in 2009
Foreign born
5.3%
+3.1 ptssince 2009
from 2.3% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
7.4%
−3.5 ptssince 2009
from 10.9% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
18.0%
−0.7 ptssince 2012
from 18.7% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
8.2%
−8.7 ptssince 2013
from 16.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
85.5%
+16.4 ptssince 2017
from 69.1% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
91.7%
+6.1 ptssince 2020
from 85.6% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
79.4%
+5.0 ptssince 2020
from 74.4% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
92.0%
−1.3 ptssince 2016
from 93.3% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
4.2%
+1.3 ptssince 2016
from 2.9% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married52.3%(28,743)
Married29.5%(16,192)
Widowed2.9%(1,605)
Divorced15.2%(8,373)
Women 15+
Never married49.3%(28,423)
Married28.3%(16,344)
Widowed7%(4,029)
Divorced15.4%(8,879)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
8.2%
−8.7 ptssince 2013
from 16.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
43.7%
+1.3 ptssince 2020
from 42.4% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
8.6%
+1.5 ptssince 2020
from 7.1% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
16.9%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 16.0% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
37.0%
−1.1 ptssince 2020
from 38.1% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
2.8%
+0.1 ptssince 2020
from 2.7% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
51.5%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 49.7% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
49.7%
−1.0 ptssince 2020
from 50.7% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)25.5%(2,027)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.9%(1,586)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.6%(2,195)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.6%(129)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.5%(37)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 7,961 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Dayton, Ohio?

Dayton, Ohio has about 136,579 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Dayton, Ohio?

The typical household in Dayton, Ohio earns about $45,247 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Dayton, Ohio expensive?

In Dayton, Ohio, the median home is worth about $100,600, and the typical rent is about $918 a month.

How educated are people in Dayton, Ohio?

About 21.6% of adults age 25 and over in Dayton, Ohio hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Dayton, Ohio?

About 26.9% of people in Dayton, Ohio live below the federal poverty line.

Has Dayton, Ohio grown since 1990?

Yes, Dayton, Ohio has shrunk since 1990. The population has lost about 45,465 residents, a change of about -25 percent over that period.

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