What is the population of Dayton city?

Dayton city has 7,191 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #86 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Dayton city?

Median household income in Dayton city is $56,692 a year, 27.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dayton city?

Median gross rent is $807 a month and the median home value is $152,200, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.

Is Dayton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dayton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dayton, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dayton, Tennessee (Dayton, TN — Census place “Dayton city”) is 7,191 residents, ranking #86 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $56,692, the median home is worth $152,200 and median gross rent runs $807 a month. Looking for the Dayton Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dayton, TN: 37321.

Population: 7,191Dayton city residents
Median household income: $56,692Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $152,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $807Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.6%Owner-occupied households

Dayton ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dayton.

The Dayton TN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

37321

What the numbers mean in Dayton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dayton city median would spend about 17.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.3% of residents and 51.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Dayton city, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dayton city is a mid-size town in Tennessee, with 7,191 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #86 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 39.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Dayton city earn a median of $56,692 a year, 27.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 20.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dayton city is valued at $152,200, 49.8% below the national figure and 20% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $807 a month, 42.6% below the national figure, or roughly $9,684 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 51.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Dayton city?: Dayton city has 7,191 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #86 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Dayton city?: Median household income in Dayton city is $56,692 a year, 27.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dayton city?: Median gross rent is $807 a month and the median home value is $152,200, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.
Is Dayton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dayton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dayton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.