Battle Ground vs Dayton

A side-by-side comparison of Battle Ground and Dayton: population, income, housing, and more.

Battle Ground and Dayton are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Battle Ground has the higher population (1,989 vs 1,049 in Dayton). Battle Ground has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $74,417 in Dayton). Battle Ground has the higher median home value ($268,300 vs $169,500 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Ground	Dayton
Population	1,989	1,049
Median age	34.5 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$74,417
Median home value	$268,300	$169,500
Median gross rent	$833	$956
Housing units	773	512
Homeownership rate	85.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Ground	Dayton
Population	1,857 → 1,989 (+7.1%)	1,578 → 1,049 (-33.5%)
Median household income	$87,813 → $104,583 (+19.1%)	$53,929 → $74,417 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $268,300 (+49.1%)	$127,400 → $169,500 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $833 (-14.0%)	$865 → $956 (+10.5%)

Battle Ground

Population

1,8571,989

Median household income

$87,813$104,583

Median home value

$180,000$268,300

Median gross rent

$969$833

Dayton

Population

1,5781,049

Median household income

$53,929$74,417

Median home value

$127,400$169,500

Median gross rent

$865$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Ground	Dayton
Under 5	8.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	20.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.6%
75 and over	5.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Ground	Dayton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Ground	Dayton
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	22.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Ground	Dayton
Drove alone	76.3%	86.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.1%
Other means	3.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Ground	Dayton
1-unit, detached	94.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Battle Ground	Dayton
Poverty rate	4.1%	10.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1992	1982