Dayton vs Silver City

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

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

Dayton has the higher population (15,873 vs 111 in Silver City). Dayton has the higher median household income ($91,221 vs $69,375 in Silver City). Dayton has the higher median home value ($399,400 vs $341,300 in Silver City).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Silver City
Population	15,873	111
Median age	44.8 yrs	22.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,221	$69,375
Median home value	$399,400	$341,300
Median gross rent	$1,279	—
Housing units	6,056	56
Homeownership rate	80.5%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Silver City
Population	9,363 → 15,873 (+69.5%)	158 → 111 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$67,466 → $91,221 (+35.2%)	$85,341 → $69,375 (-18.7%)
Median home value	$248,000 → $399,400 (+61.0%)	$312,500 → $341,300 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,279 (+36.6%)	—

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

Silver City

Population

158111

Median household income

$85,341$69,375

Median home value

$312,500$341,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Silver City
Under 5	6.2%	16.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	14.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	4.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.1%
75 and over	7.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Silver City
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	18.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Silver City
No high school diploma	12.2%	15.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Silver City
Drove alone	77.6%	49.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	36.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Silver City
1-unit, detached	85.2%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	32.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Silver City
Poverty rate	4.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.72	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	2000	1938