Dayton vs Rocky Point

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

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

Rocky Point has the higher population (127 vs 103 in Dayton). Dayton has the higher median home value ($875,000 vs $602,900 in Rocky Point). Since 2019, Rocky Point's population has grown faster (+323.3% vs +6.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Rocky Point
Population	103	127
Median age	65.8 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,688	—
Median home value	$875,000	$602,900
Housing units	110	115
Homeownership rate	58.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Rocky Point
Population	97 → 103 (+6.2%)	30 → 127 (+323.3%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $84,688 (+61.3%)	—
Median home value	$310,000 → $875,000 (+182.3%)	$585,900 → $602,900 (+2.9%)

Dayton

Population

97103

Median household income

$52,500$84,688

Median home value

$310,000$875,000

Rocky Point

Population

30127

Median home value

$585,900$602,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Rocky Point
Under 5	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	32.0%	66.9%
75 and over	20.4%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Rocky Point
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Rocky Point
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Rocky Point
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Rocky Point
1-unit, detached	85.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Rocky Point
Poverty rate	3.9%	0.0%
Average household size	1.94	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	46	—
Median year structure built	1973	1979