Carlton vs Dayton

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

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

Dayton has the higher population (2,668 vs 2,378 in Carlton). Carlton has the higher median household income ($94,227 vs $79,556 in Dayton). Carlton has the higher median home value ($400,600 vs $372,900 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Carlton	Dayton
Population	2,378	2,668
Median age	40.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,227	$79,556
Median home value	$400,600	$372,900
Median gross rent	$1,625	$1,882
Housing units	966	773
Homeownership rate	78.7%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlton	Dayton
Population	2,180 → 2,378 (+9.1%)	2,668 → 2,668 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$70,288 → $94,227 (+34.1%)	$66,667 → $79,556 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$276,200 → $400,600 (+45.0%)	$198,000 → $372,900 (+88.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,239 → $1,625 (+31.2%)	$1,219 → $1,882 (+54.4%)

Carlton

Population

2,1802,378

Median household income

$70,288$94,227

Median home value

$276,200$400,600

Median gross rent

$1,239$1,625

Dayton

Population

2,6682,668

Median household income

$66,667$79,556

Median home value

$198,000$372,900

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlton	Dayton
Under 5	5.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlton	Dayton
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	62.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlton	Dayton
No high school diploma	12.7%	18.9%
High school graduate	27.9%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlton	Dayton
Drove alone	76.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlton	Dayton
1-unit, detached	76.2%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Carlton	Dayton
Poverty rate	8.1%	18.1%
Average household size	2.67	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1991	1976