Dayton vs Fernley

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

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

Fernley has the higher population (23,631 vs 15,873 in Dayton). Dayton has the higher median household income ($91,221 vs $87,991 in Fernley). Dayton has the higher median home value ($399,400 vs $352,600 in Fernley).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Fernley
Population	15,873	23,631
Median age	44.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,221	$87,991
Median home value	$399,400	$352,600
Median gross rent	$1,279	$1,463
Housing units	6,056	8,871
Homeownership rate	80.5%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Fernley
Population	9,363 → 15,873 (+69.5%)	20,068 → 23,631 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$67,466 → $91,221 (+35.2%)	$62,929 → $87,991 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$248,000 → $399,400 (+61.0%)	$221,200 → $352,600 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,279 (+36.6%)	$1,147 → $1,463 (+27.6%)

Dayton

Population

9,36315,873

Median household income

$67,466$91,221

Median home value

$248,000$399,400

Median gross rent

$936$1,279

Fernley

Population

20,06823,631

Median household income

$62,929$87,991

Median home value

$221,200$352,600

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Fernley
Under 5	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.7%
75 and over	7.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Fernley
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	68.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.2%
Asian	1.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Fernley
No high school diploma	12.2%	9.3%
High school graduate	26.4%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Fernley
Drove alone	77.6%	77.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Fernley
1-unit, detached	85.2%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Fernley
Poverty rate	4.7%	11.3%
Average household size	2.72	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	2000	2001