Dayton vs Riverside

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

Dayton and Riverside 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 24,432 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($59,271 vs $43,454 in Dayton). Riverside has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $93,200 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Riverside
Population	136,741	24,432
Median age	34.2 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,454	$59,271
Median home value	$93,200	$139,100
Median gross rent	$866	$1,015
Housing units	69,640	11,688
Homeownership rate	48.2%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Riverside
Population	140,569 → 136,741 (-2.7%)	25,093 → 24,432 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$32,540 → $43,454 (+33.5%)	$48,626 → $59,271 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $93,200 (+39.5%)	$90,300 → $139,100 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $866 (+22.7%)	$842 → $1,015 (+20.5%)

Dayton

Population

140,569136,741

Median household income

$32,540$43,454

Median home value

$66,800$93,200

Median gross rent

$706$866

Riverside

Population

25,09324,432

Median household income

$48,626$59,271

Median home value

$90,300$139,100

Median gross rent

$842$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayton	Riverside
Under 5	6.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.0%
75 and over	5.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	77.7%
Black or African American	37.8%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Riverside
No high school diploma	12.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Riverside
Drove alone	71.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.3%
Public transit	3.7%	0.2%
Walked	5.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Riverside
1-unit, detached	63.5%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	6.9%
20 or more units	9.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Riverside
Poverty rate	27.1%	16.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1951	1962