Bellevue vs Dayton

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

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

Dayton has the higher population (5,703 vs 5,598 in Bellevue). Bellevue has the higher median household income ($67,143 vs $62,500 in Dayton). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($186,200 vs $144,100 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Dayton
Population	5,598	5,703
Median age	34.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$62,500
Median home value	$186,200	$144,100
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,086
Housing units	2,915	2,699
Homeownership rate	68.3%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Dayton
Population	5,804 → 5,598 (-3.5%)	5,496 → 5,703 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$63,415 → $67,143 (+5.9%)	$52,515 → $62,500 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $186,200 (+36.5%)	$107,000 → $144,100 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,124 (+41.6%)	$855 → $1,086 (+27.0%)

Bellevue

Population

5,8045,598

Median household income

$63,415$67,143

Median home value

$136,400$186,200

Median gross rent

$794$1,124

Dayton

Population

5,4965,703

Median household income

$52,515$62,500

Median home value

$107,000$144,100

Median gross rent

$855$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Dayton
Under 5	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	9.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	26.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.8%
75 and over	5.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Dayton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	89.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Dayton
No high school diploma	4.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Dayton
Drove alone	74.1%	67.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	13.0%
Public transit	2.3%	1.1%
Walked	2.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.8%	10.8%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Dayton
1-unit, detached	68.7%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	9.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Dayton
Poverty rate	13.4%	18.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938