Dayton vs Shadeland

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

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

Shadeland has the higher population (2,257 vs 1,049 in Dayton). Shadeland has the higher median household income ($88,125 vs $74,417 in Dayton). Shadeland has the higher median home value ($261,300 vs $169,500 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Shadeland
Population	1,049	2,257
Median age	33.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,417	$88,125
Median home value	$169,500	$261,300
Median gross rent	$956	$1,073
Housing units	512	861
Homeownership rate	78.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Shadeland
Population	1,578 → 1,049 (-33.5%)	1,913 → 2,257 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $74,417 (+38.0%)	$75,069 → $88,125 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $169,500 (+33.0%)	$182,800 → $261,300 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $956 (+10.5%)	$819 → $1,073 (+31.0%)

Dayton

Population

1,5781,049

Median household income

$53,929$74,417

Median home value

$127,400$169,500

Median gross rent

$865$956

Shadeland

Population

1,9132,257

Median household income

$75,069$88,125

Median home value

$182,800$261,300

Median gross rent

$819$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Shadeland
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	20.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.6%
75 and over	6.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Shadeland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	87.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Shadeland
No high school diploma	5.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	32.5%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Shadeland
Drove alone	86.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	16.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Shadeland
1-unit, detached	85.2%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Shadeland
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1982	1983