Dayton vs Yerington

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

Dayton and Yerington 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 3,139 in Yerington). Dayton has the higher median household income ($91,221 vs $44,974 in Yerington). Dayton has the higher median home value ($399,400 vs $254,600 in Yerington).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Yerington
Population	15,873	3,139
Median age	44.8 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$91,221	$44,974
Median home value	$399,400	$254,600
Median gross rent	$1,279	$748
Housing units	6,056	1,547
Homeownership rate	80.5%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Yerington
Population	9,363 → 15,873 (+69.5%)	3,137 → 3,139 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$67,466 → $91,221 (+35.2%)	$31,795 → $44,974 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$248,000 → $399,400 (+61.0%)	$122,800 → $254,600 (+107.3%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,279 (+36.6%)	$652 → $748 (+14.7%)

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

Yerington

Population

3,1373,139

Median household income

$31,795$44,974

Median home value

$122,800$254,600

Median gross rent

$652$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Yerington
Under 5	6.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	24.8%
75 and over	7.0%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Yerington
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	73.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	4.1%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Yerington
No high school diploma	12.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	26.4%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Yerington
Drove alone	77.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Yerington
1-unit, detached	85.2%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Yerington
Poverty rate	4.7%	20.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	2000	1975