Dayton vs Huber Heights

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

Dayton and Huber Heights 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 43,266 in Huber Heights). Huber Heights has the higher median household income ($76,551 vs $43,454 in Dayton). Huber Heights has the higher median home value ($161,900 vs $93,200 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Huber Heights
Population	136,741	43,266
Median age	34.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,454	$76,551
Median home value	$93,200	$161,900
Median gross rent	$866	$1,214
Housing units	69,640	18,273
Homeownership rate	48.2%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Huber Heights
Population	140,569 → 136,741 (-2.7%)	40,006 → 43,266 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$32,540 → $43,454 (+33.5%)	$62,461 → $76,551 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $93,200 (+39.5%)	$112,100 → $161,900 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $866 (+22.7%)	$942 → $1,214 (+28.9%)

Dayton

Population

140,569136,741

Median household income

$32,540$43,454

Median home value

$66,800$93,200

Median gross rent

$706$866

Huber Heights

Population

40,00643,266

Median household income

$62,461$76,551

Median home value

$112,100$161,900

Median gross rent

$942$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Huber Heights
Under 5	6.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	14.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.2%
75 and over	5.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Huber Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	72.7%
Black or African American	37.8%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Huber Heights
No high school diploma	12.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Huber Heights
Drove alone	71.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.2%
Public transit	3.7%	0.7%
Walked	5.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Huber Heights
1-unit, detached	63.5%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	4.6%
20 or more units	9.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Huber Heights
Poverty rate	27.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1951	1975