Dayton vs Spotswood

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

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

Dayton has the higher population (8,241 vs 8,112 in Spotswood). Dayton has the higher median household income ($141,308 vs $101,388 in Spotswood). Dayton has the higher median home value ($471,700 vs $359,000 in Spotswood).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Spotswood
Population	8,241	8,112
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$141,308	$101,388
Median home value	$471,700	$359,000
Median gross rent	$1,969	$1,097
Housing units	2,814	3,297
Homeownership rate	84.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.9%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Spotswood
Population	7,576 → 8,241 (+8.8%)	8,269 → 8,112 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$120,647 → $141,308 (+17.1%)	$80,074 → $101,388 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$372,100 → $471,700 (+26.8%)	$305,100 → $359,000 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,725 → $1,969 (+14.1%)	$938 → $1,097 (+17.0%)

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

Spotswood

Population

8,2698,112

Median household income

$80,074$101,388

Median home value

$305,100$359,000

Median gross rent

$938$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Spotswood
Under 5	3.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	17.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	14.7%
75 and over	4.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Spotswood
White (non-Hispanic)	26.5%	75.9%
Black or African American	6.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	55.2%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Spotswood
No high school diploma	4.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	12.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.8%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	31.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Spotswood
Drove alone	65.9%	76.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.4%
Public transit	5.9%	2.5%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	13.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Spotswood
1-unit, detached	44.5%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	39.1%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.7%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Spotswood
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.4%
Average household size	3.00	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1987	1967