Clarks Hill vs Dayton

A side-by-side comparison of Clarks Hill and Dayton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dayton has the higher population (1,049 vs 706 in Clarks Hill). Dayton has the higher median household income ($74,417 vs $45,875 in Clarks Hill). Dayton has the higher median home value ($169,500 vs $98,200 in Clarks Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Hill	Dayton
Population	706	1,049
Median age	34.0 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,875	$74,417
Median home value	$98,200	$169,500
Median gross rent	$644	$956
Housing units	321	512
Homeownership rate	67.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Hill	Dayton
Population	763 → 706 (-7.5%)	1,578 → 1,049 (-33.5%)
Median household income	$36,429 → $45,875 (+25.9%)	$53,929 → $74,417 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $98,200 (+40.7%)	$127,400 → $169,500 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $644 (-5.7%)	$865 → $956 (+10.5%)

Clarks Hill

Population

763706

Median household income

$36,429$45,875

Median home value

$69,800$98,200

Median gross rent

$683$644

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)

	Clarks Hill	Dayton
Under 5	7.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	23.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	20.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.6%
75 and over	5.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Hill	Dayton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks Hill	Dayton
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	51.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Hill	Dayton
Drove alone	82.9%	86.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	8.1%
Other means	2.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks Hill	Dayton
1-unit, detached	75.1%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Hill	Dayton
Poverty rate	16.9%	10.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1957	1982