Dayton vs Grand Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Dayton and Grand Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Dayton and Grand Ridge are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand Ridge has the higher population (649 vs 363 in Dayton). Dayton has the higher median household income ($136,458 vs $84,375 in Grand Ridge). Dayton has the higher median home value ($235,000 vs $154,200 in Grand Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Grand Ridge
Population	363	649
Median age	46.5 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$136,458	$84,375
Median home value	$235,000	$154,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,023
Housing units	133	267
Homeownership rate	95.4%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Grand Ridge
Population	566 → 363 (-35.9%)	618 → 649 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$85,852 → $136,458 (+58.9%)	$58,333 → $84,375 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$202,300 → $235,000 (+16.2%)	$108,300 → $154,200 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,288 (+38.5%)	$1,042 → $1,023 (-1.8%)

Dayton

Population

566363

Median household income

$85,852$136,458

Median home value

$202,300$235,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,288

Grand Ridge

Population

618649

Median household income

$58,333$84,375

Median home value

$108,300$154,200

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Grand Ridge
Under 5	3.0%	10.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	19.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.5%
75 and over	6.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Grand Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Grand Ridge
No high school diploma	8.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	19.1%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Grand Ridge
Drove alone	81.0%	88.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.8%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Grand Ridge
1-unit, detached	88.0%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Grand Ridge
Poverty rate	2.5%	8.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1990	1948