Dayton vs Kendall Park

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

Dayton and Kendall Park are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kendall Park has the higher population (10,765 vs 8,241 in Dayton). Kendall Park has the higher median household income ($175,361 vs $141,308 in Dayton). Kendall Park has the higher median home value ($555,100 vs $471,700 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Kendall Park
Population	8,241	10,765
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$141,308	$175,361
Median home value	$471,700	$555,100
Median gross rent	$1,969	$1,913
Housing units	2,814	3,776
Homeownership rate	84.8%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.9%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Kendall Park
Population	7,576 → 8,241 (+8.8%)	9,234 → 10,765 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$120,647 → $141,308 (+17.1%)	$130,313 → $175,361 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$372,100 → $471,700 (+26.8%)	$408,000 → $555,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,725 → $1,969 (+14.1%)	$1,370 → $1,913 (+39.6%)

Dayton

Population

7,5768,241

Median household income

$120,647$141,308

Median home value

$372,100$471,700

Median gross rent

$1,725$1,969

Kendall Park

Population

9,23410,765

Median household income

$130,313$175,361

Median home value

$408,000$555,100

Median gross rent

$1,370$1,913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Kendall Park
Under 5	3.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	17.8%	20.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.6%
75 and over	4.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Kendall Park
White (non-Hispanic)	26.5%	49.6%
Black or African American	6.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	55.2%	32.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Kendall Park
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	12.9%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.8%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.1%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Kendall Park
Drove alone	65.9%	68.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.4%
Public transit	5.9%	5.4%
Walked	0.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	19.7%
Other means	2.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Kendall Park
1-unit, detached	44.5%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	39.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	6.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Kendall Park
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.5%
Average household size	3.00	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1987	1972