Centerville vs Dayton

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

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

Dayton has the higher population (136,741 vs 24,815 in Centerville). Centerville has the higher median household income ($81,500 vs $43,454 in Dayton). Centerville has the higher median home value ($262,300 vs $93,200 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Dayton
Population	24,815	136,741
Median age	48.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,500	$43,454
Median home value	$262,300	$93,200
Median gross rent	$1,182	$866
Housing units	12,176	69,640
Homeownership rate	68.0%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Dayton
Population	23,796 → 24,815 (+4.3%)	140,569 → 136,741 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$73,904 → $81,500 (+10.3%)	$32,540 → $43,454 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $262,300 (+40.3%)	$66,800 → $93,200 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $1,182 (+28.6%)	$706 → $866 (+22.7%)

Centerville

Population

23,79624,815

Median household income

$73,904$81,500

Median home value

$186,900$262,300

Median gross rent

$919$1,182

Dayton

Population

140,569136,741

Median household income

$32,540$43,454

Median home value

$66,800$93,200

Median gross rent

$706$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Dayton
Under 5	6.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	8.5%
75 and over	15.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Dayton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	50.0%
Black or African American	6.9%	37.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Dayton
No high school diploma	3.1%	12.9%
High school graduate	18.6%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Dayton
Drove alone	76.3%	71.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.5%	3.7%
Walked	1.7%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.8%	8.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Dayton
1-unit, detached	55.1%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	10.5%
20 or more units	7.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Dayton
Poverty rate	8.9%	27.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1978	1951