Canyon City vs Dayville

A side-by-side comparison of Canyon City and Dayville: population, income, housing, and more.

Canyon City and Dayville are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canyon City has the higher population (920 vs 189 in Dayville). Canyon City has the higher median household income ($88,542 vs $51,667 in Dayville). Dayville has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $184,300 in Canyon City).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon City	Dayville
Population	920	189
Median age	44.2 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,542	$51,667
Median home value	$184,300	$218,500
Median gross rent	$832	$1,047
Housing units	427	109
Homeownership rate	84.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon City	Dayville
Population	702 → 920 (+31.1%)	113 → 189 (+67.3%)
Median household income	$49,531 → $88,542 (+78.8%)	$40,833 → $51,667 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $184,300 (+35.0%)	$115,000 → $218,500 (+90.0%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $832 (+40.5%)	$675 → $1,047 (+55.1%)

Canyon City

Population

702920

Median household income

$49,531$88,542

Median home value

$136,500$184,300

Median gross rent

$592$832

Dayville

Population

113189

Median household income

$40,833$51,667

Median home value

$115,000$218,500

Median gross rent

$675$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyon City	Dayville
Under 5	5.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	17.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.9%
75 and over	7.1%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon City	Dayville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon City	Dayville
No high school diploma	5.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	37.8%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon City	Dayville
Drove alone	65.0%	59.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.6%	23.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	1.2%
Other means	1.9%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon City	Dayville
1-unit, detached	87.6%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Canyon City	Dayville
Poverty rate	4.5%	12.7%
Average household size	2.22	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	8	17
Median year structure built	1957	1953