What is the population of Dayton city?

Dayton city has 2,695 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #272 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Dayton city?

Median household income in Dayton city is $71,687 a year, 8.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $926 a month and the median home value is $223,900, so rent absorbs about 15.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.1× 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 15.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dayton, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dayton, Washington (Dayton, WA — Census place “Dayton city”) is 2,695 residents, ranking #272 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $71,687, the median home is worth $223,900 and median gross rent runs $926 a month. Looking for the Dayton Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dayton, WA: 99328.

Population: 2,695Dayton city residents
Median household income: $71,687Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $223,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $926Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 51.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 76.9%Owner-occupied households

Dayton ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dayton.

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

99328

What the numbers mean in Dayton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dayton city median would spend about 15.5% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.8% of residents and 76.9% 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, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dayton city is a small town in Washington, with 2,695 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #272 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 57% of them. The median age here is 51.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Dayton city earn a median of $71,687 a year, 8.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington 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 11.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dayton city is valued at $223,900, 26.2% below the national figure and 52% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $926 a month, 34.1% below the national figure, or roughly $11,112 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.5% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 76.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 51.3 puts Dayton city well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.

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 2,695 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #272 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Dayton city?: Median household income in Dayton city is $71,687 a year, 8.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dayton city?: Median gross rent is $926 a month and the median home value is $223,900, so rent absorbs about 15.5% of median household income.
Is Dayton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× 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 15.5% 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. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.