Dayton vs Silver Springs

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

Dayton and Silver Springs 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 5,523 in Silver Springs). Dayton has the higher median household income ($91,221 vs $53,105 in Silver Springs). Dayton has the higher median home value ($399,400 vs $238,100 in Silver Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Silver Springs
Population	15,873	5,523
Median age	44.8 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,221	$53,105
Median home value	$399,400	$238,100
Median gross rent	$1,279	$1,291
Housing units	6,056	2,662
Homeownership rate	80.5%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Silver Springs
Population	9,363 → 15,873 (+69.5%)	5,073 → 5,523 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$67,466 → $91,221 (+35.2%)	$42,922 → $53,105 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$248,000 → $399,400 (+61.0%)	$141,800 → $238,100 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,279 (+36.6%)	$1,020 → $1,291 (+26.6%)

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 Springs

Population

5,0735,523

Median household income

$42,922$53,105

Median home value

$141,800$238,100

Median gross rent

$1,020$1,291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Silver Springs
Under 5	6.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	22.0%
65 to 74	14.9%	16.4%
75 and over	7.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Silver Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	2.9%
Asian	1.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Silver Springs
No high school diploma	12.2%	19.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Silver Springs
Drove alone	77.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	12.2%	20.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Silver Springs
1-unit, detached	85.2%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	58.2%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Silver Springs
Poverty rate	4.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	2000	1993