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Ohio·Montgomery County
59 tracts·144K people·$101K median·2,587/mi²
White 50 · Black 38 · Hispanic 6 · Multiracial 5 · Asian 1 · Other 1
Living alone 43 · Other 34 · Married couple 23
Health 41 · Professional 18 · Manufacturing 14 · Retail 12 · Leisure 7 · Public admin 6 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 35 · Service 21 · Production · transport 21 · Sales · office 19 · Construction · maintenance 5
Drive alone 72 · Carpool 18 · Work from home 10 · Walk 5 · Transit 3 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Dayton is $100,600 (Census ACS) — 0.2× the US median of $458,812.
Dayton has 136,579 residents across 51 census tracts and 42 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 34.1; the population is 49.9% White, 37.6% Black, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 4.8% Multiracial, 1.3% Asian and 0.7% Other; the average household has 2.1 people; 21.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 26.9% (Census ACS).
Pathway School of Discovery (51%), DECA PREP (49%) and River's Edge Montessori Elementary School (47%) lead the elementary schools; Wright Brothers Middle School (9%), Wogaman Middle School (8%) and Edwin Joel Brown Middle School (5%) lead the middle schools; Stivers School For The Arts (53%), Dayton Early College Academy Inc (48%) and David H. Ponitz Career Technology Center (16%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $918/month, 42% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Dayton is $45,247 a year, 47% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Dayton, median rent is $918/month and the median home value is $100,600 (Census ACS).
Dayton reported 11.1 violent crimes and 47.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 84°F; winter lows average 24°F; there are 84 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 43 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Dayton are ice storm (61), cold wave (61) and hail (59), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.13g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Dayton, 5.3% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).