Dayton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 9,375 people and five associated neighborhoods, Dayton is the 270th largest community in Texas. Dayton has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Dayton, where the median household income is $59,848.00.When you are in Dayton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.29% of Dayton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Dayton is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dayton who work in office and administrative support (17.49%), teaching (7.06%), and sales jobs (6.11%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.90% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Dayton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Dayton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Dayton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dayton, the average commute to work is 35.72 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Dayton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Dayton, just 11.21% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Dayton in 2022 was $32,719, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,876 for a family of four. However, Dayton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dayton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dayton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dayton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dayton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.49% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dayton include English, German, Irish, French, and European. The most common language spoken in Dayton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
